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----- Original Message -----
From: "Radioguy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:07 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] FCC Drops Morse Code
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WT Docket Nos. 04-140 and 05-235.
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