Hi.
I'll make a bet with you guys that the decline in amateur radio actually
will accelerate now, rather than decelerate.
--Lou K2LKK
At 10:35 PM 12/15/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>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
>
>
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>Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:27 PM
>Subject: [WestMichiganHams] FCC Eliminates Morse Code Requirement
>(Finally!!)
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>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
>
>News and other information about the Federal Communications Commission
>is available at www.fcc.gov.
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