[TxHam] RE: [tbm_comm_fellowship] Codeless Ham Testing tentatively scheduled

[Spencer Sholly]

Yup!  I'm shootin' for my attempt to upgrade in April @ the Ham Expo!



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>From: David Johnson KB5YLG <kb5ylg at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: tbm_comm_fellowship at yahoogroups.com
>To: tbmcomm <tbm_comm_fellowship at yahoogroups.com>, wc5c at yahoogroups.com,  
>txham at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [tbm_comm_fellowship] Codeless Ham Testing tentatively scheduled
>Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:28:22 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>SB QST @ ARL $ARLB004
>ARLB004 Codeless Amateur Radio testing tentatively
>begins February 23
>
>ZCZC AG04
>QST de W1AW
>ARRL Bulletin 4  ARLB004
>From ARRL Headquarters
>Newington CT  January 19, 2007
>To all radio amateurs
>
>SB QST ARL ARLB004
>ARLB004 Codeless Amateur Radio testing tentatively
>begins February 23
>
>The ARRL has learned that the FCC's Report and Order
>(R&O) in the
>''Morse code proceeding,'' WT Docket 05-235,
>http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-178A1.pdf,
>is scheduled to appear in the Federal Register
>Wednesday, January
>24. Assuming that occurs, the new Part 97 rules
>deleting any Morse
>code examination requirement for Amateur Radio license
>applicants
>would go into effect Friday, February 23, 2007. The
>League cautions
>that this date is tentative, pending official
>confirmation and
>publication.
>
>''This change eliminates an unnecessary regulatory
>burden that may
>discourage current Amateur Radio operators from
>advancing their
>skills and participating more fully in the benefits of
>Amateur
>Radio,'' the FCC remarked in the Morse code R&O.
>
>Publication of the R&O in the Federal Register starts
>a 30-day
>countdown for the new rules to go on the books. Rules
>and
>regulations that appear in the Federal Register
>constitute their
>official version.
>
>Deletion of the Morse requirement is a landmark in
>Amateur Radio
>history. Until 1991, when a code examination was
>dropped from the
>requirements to obtain a Technician ticket, all
>prospective radio
>amateurs had to pass a Morse test.
>
>On or after the effective date of the new rules, an
>applicant
>holding a valid Certificate of Successful Completion
>of Examination
>(CSCE) for a higher license class will be able to
>redeem it for an
>upgrade. For example, a Technician licensee holding a
>valid CSCE for
>Element 3 (General) could apply at a VEC exam session,
>pay the
>application fee -- which most VECs charge -- and
>receive an instant
>upgrade. A CSCE is good only for 365 days from the
>date of issuance.
>
>The new rules also mean that all Technician licensees,
>whether or
>not they've passed a Morse code examination, will gain
>HF privileges
>identical to those of current Novice and Tech Plus (or
>Technician
>with Element 1 credit) licensees without having to
>apply for an
>upgrade. Novices and Technicians with Element 1 credit
>have CW
>privileges on 80, 40, 15 meters and CW, RTTY, data and
>SSB
>privileges on 10 meters.
>
>The FCC R&O includes an Order on Reconsideration in WT
>Docket 04-140
>-- the so-called ''omnibus'' proceeding. It will
>modify the Amateur
>Service rules in response to ARRL's request to
>accommodate
>automatically controlled narrowband digital stations
>on 80 meters in
>the wake of other rule changes that were effective
>last December 15.
>The Commission designated 3585 to 3600 kHz for such
>operations,
>although that segment will remain available for CW,
>RTTY and data.
>
>The ARRL has posted all relevant information on these
>important Part
>97 rule revisions on its ''FCC's Morse Code Report and
>Order WT
>Docket 05-235'' Web page, www.arrl.org/fcc/morse/.
>NNNN
>/EX

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