why would it deminish?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:05 PM
Subject: [SPAM] Re: Fw: [WestMichiganHams] FCC Eliminates Morse Code
Requirement (Finally!!)
> Hi.
>
> I'll make a bet with you guys that the decline in amateur radio
> actually=20
> 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
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Mark Thompson" <[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. =AD 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=92s 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=92s Order eliminates that requirement for General and Amateur Extra
>>licensees. This change reflects revisions to international radio
>>regulations made at the International Telecommunication Union=92s 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=92s 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=92s 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=92s 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=92s
>>action, afforded Technician and Technician Plus licensees identical
>>operating privileges.
>>
>>Finally, today=92s 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.
>>=AD FCC =AD
>>
>>News and other information about the Federal Communications Commission
>>is available at www.fcc.gov.
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