[TCARC-NTx] FCC seeks comments on Amateur Radio-related petitions

[david johnson]

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ARLB074 FCC seeks comments on Amateur Radio-related
petitions

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ARRL Bulletin 74  ARLB074
>From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  December 30, 2002
To all radio amateurs 

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ARLB074 FCC seeks comments on Amateur Radio-related
petitions

The FCC is inviting comments on two Amateur
Radio-related petitions
for rule making. Both have been put on public notice
and are
available for public review and comment.

In his petition, designated RM-10620, Dale Reich,
K8AD, has asked
the Commission to automatically upgrade Novice and
Advanced license
holders to the next license class if the licensee has
20 or more
years of operating experience. Among other proposed
changes in his
''merit and service upgrade'' schedule, Reich asks
that Novice phone
privileges in the 2-meter band be reinstated for those
still holding
that license.

In his petition, Reich asserts that the proposed
changes could
augment public service abilities on the part of the
affected
licensees.

In petition RM-10621, AMSAT-NA has asked the FCC to
drop its
presently required 27-month pre-space notification to
the FCC's
international branch for Amateur Satellite launches
and substitute a
pre-space notification within 30 days of a launch
commitment.

The comment deadline for both petitions is January 17,
2003.
Interested parties may view the Reich and AMSAT
petitions and file
comments via the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing
System on the web
at, http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html . Commenters
should include
full name, US Postal Service mailing address and the
applicable
rulemaking number.
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