John, I'm totally with you there. To be honest, getting my general is more a
matter of a challenge for myself than a need, because of being in an
apartment unless someone knows something I don't, there's no way I could set
something up to be able to use general privs right now anyway. At least with
the theory I can get it out of the way after the exam. The code is taking
longer for me, and will be harder for me to maintain until I'm in a position
to actually be able to use it, but I do intend to do so.
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of john vernaleken
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:51 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Fw: [WestMichiganHams] FCC Eliminates Morse Code
Requirement (Finally!!)
I am currently preparing for my General exam and will continue to learn
Morse Code. This change will probably allow me to get to General quicker, I
still want to try my hand at making a QSO using with CW.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "hank smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Fw: [WestMichiganHams] FCC Eliminates Morse Code
Requirement (Finally!!)
> 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]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>; "Scan Illinois"
>>><[log in to unmask]>; "Chicago Scanning Club"
>>><[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>;
>>><[log in to unmask]>;
>>><[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>;
>>><[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>;
>>><[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
>>>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
>>>
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>>>is available at www.fcc.gov.
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