[SMCARA] FCC NPRM for no-code HF licenses

[JD Delancy]

Instead of an attachment, I've put the NPRM on a web page:
http://www.drix.net/~n3tyq/nprm05-143.pdf


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Rucker" <rrucker at verizon.net>
Sent: Thursday, 21, July, 2005 12:53
Subject: Fwd: FCC NPRM for no-code HF licenses

Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Clegg, Andrew" <aclegg at nsf.gov>
> Date: July 20, 2005 4:38:38 PM EDT

This was forwarded by Andy Clegg, W4JE:

The attached document begins:

"In this Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Order (NPRM), we address
eighteen petitions for rulemaking.  The petitioners request that we
amend the Commission's amateur radio service rules  to implement
revised international Radio Regulations that were adopted at the 2003
World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-03).

"Most of the petitioners request that we entirely or partially
eliminate the requirement that an individual must pass an
international Morse code[4] telegraphy examination in order to
qualify for certain classes of amateur radio operator licenses.

"Others request that we either maintain the current requirement or
increase the speed in telegraphy that an individual must demonstrate
in order to qualify for certain classes of amateur radio operator
licenses.

"In addition, some petitioners request that we establish a new class
of operator license in the amateur service, or otherwise modify the
license structure or associated operating privileges. "

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See the attached 30 page dccument.  I've converted it from a
Microsoft Word document to a PDF file so that anyone having Adobe
Reader (a free download from Adobe) or another PDF reader should be
able to open it.