does this mean that technical license will allow voice transmission below 30
mhz or was that just for moris code?
----- Original Message -----
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:35 PM
Subject: Fw: [WestMichiganHams] FCC Eliminates Morse Code Requirement
(Finally!!)
> Hi, all.
>
> Well, when it rains, it pours, I guess.
>
> Here's the latest ruling by the FCC concerning the long-awaited decision
> on
> the CW requirement, and other issues.
>
> Many of you know how I feel, so I won't go into it any more. ... I'll
> just
> go to bed tonight, and maybe try to make some CW contacts tomorrow on the
> reduced CW operating frequencies we now have on HF.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Thompson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>; "Scan Illinois"
> <[log in to unmask]>; "Chicago Scanning Club"
> <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>;
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> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:27 PM
> Subject: [WestMichiganHams] FCC Eliminates Morse Code Requirement
> (Finally!!)
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
> December 15, 2006 Chelsea Fallon: (202) 418-7991
>
> FCC MODIFIES AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE RULES,
> ELIMINATING MORSE CODE EXAM REQUIREMENTS AND
> ADDRESSING ARRL PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION
>
> Washington, D.C. - Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
> adopted a Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration (Order) that
> modifies the rules for the Amateur Radio Service by revising the
> examination
> requirements for obtaining a General Class or Amateur Extra Class amateur
> radio operator license and revising the operating privileges for
> Technician
> Class licensees. In addition, the Order resolves a petition filed by the
> American Radio Relay League, Inc. (ARRL) for partial reconsideration of an
> FCC Order on amateur service rules released on October 10, 2006.
>
> The current amateur service operator license structure contains three
> classes of amateur radio operator licenses: Technician Class, General
> Class, and Amateur Extra Class. General Class and Amateur Extra Class
> licensees are permitted to operate in Amateur bands below 30 MHz, while
> the
> introductory Technician Class licensees are only permitted to operate in
> bands above 30 MHz. Prior to today's action, the FCC, in accordance with
> international radio regulations, required applicants for General Class and
> Amateur Extra Class operator licenses to pass a five words-per-minute
> Morse
> code examination.
>
> Today's Order eliminates that requirement for General and Amateur Extra
> licensees. This change reflects revisions to international radio
> regulations made at the International Telecommunication Union's 2003 World
> Radio Conference (WRC-03), which authorized each country to determine
> whether to require that individuals demonstrate Morse code proficiency in
> order to qualify for an amateur radio license with transmitting privileges
> on frequencies below 30 MHz. 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.
>
> Today's Order also revises the operating privileges for Technician Class
> licensees by eliminating a disparity in the operating privileges for the
> Technician Class and Technician Plus Class licensees. Technician Class
> licensees are authorized operating privileges on all amateur frequencies
> above 30 MHz. The Technician Plus Class license, which is an operator
> license class that existed prior the FCC's simplification of the amateur
> license structure in 1999 and was grandfathered after that time,
> authorized
> operating privileges on all amateur frequencies above 30 MHz, as well as
> frequency segments in four HF bands (below 30 MHz) after the successful
> completion of a Morse code examination. With today's elimination of the
> Morse code exam requirements, the FCC concluded that the disparity between
> the operating privileges of Technician Class licensees and Technician Plus
> Class licensees should not be retained. Therefore, the FCC, in today's
> action, afforded Technician and Technician Plus licensees identical
> operating privileges.
>
> Finally, today's Order resolved a petition filed by the ARRL for partial
> reconsideration of an FCC Order released on October 10, 2006 (FCC 06-149).
> In this Order, the FCC authorized amateur stations to transmit voice
> communications on additional frequencies in certain amateur service bands,
> including the 75 meter (m) band, which is authorized only for certain
> wideband voice and image communications. The ARRL argued that the 75 m
> band
> should not have been expanded below 3635 kHz, in order to protect
> automatically controlled digital stations operating in the 3620-3635 kHz
> portion of the 80 m band. The FCC concluded that these stations can be
> protected by providing alternate spectrum in the 3585-3600 kHz frequency
> segment.
>
> Action by the Commission on December 15, 2006, by Report and Order and
> Order
> on Reconsideration. Chairman Martin and Commissioners Copps, Adelstein,
> Tate, and McDowell.
>
> For additional information, contact William Cross at (202) 418-0691 or
> [log in to unmask]
> WT Docket Nos. 04-140 and 05-235.
> - FCC -
>
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> is available at www.fcc.gov.
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