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FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio Licenses

Posted: 25 Feb 2016 11:41 AM PST
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What do you think? Should amateur radio licenses be granted for life? Im
against it for several reasons, one of them being inactive hams andÂ*Â*SKs
mayÂ*never be removed from the database, thus skewing the numbers. If
anything, I think that the term should be reduced to five years, especially
now that there is no cost for a license and renewal is quick and easy
online..Dan

ZCZC AG08

QST de W1AW

ARRL Bulletin 8 ARLB008

From ARRL Headquarters

Newington CT February 24, 2016

To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB008

ARLB008 FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur

Radio Licenses

The FCC is seeking comments on a Petition for Rule Making (RM 11760
available on the web at,
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=60001333714 ) that asks the FCC
to grant lifetime Amateur Radio licenses. Mark F. Krotz, N7MK, of Mesa,
Arizona, filed his request with the FCC last November. He wants the FCC to
revise Part 97.25 of its rules to indicate that Amateur Radio licenses are
granted for the holders lifetime, instead of for the current 10 year term.
Krotz noted that the General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL) already
is issued on a lifetime basis, and he maintained that not having to renew
licenses would lighten the FCCs workload.

It would be mutually beneficial for the FCC and Amateur Radio operators to
update Part 97 to grant operator licenses for lifetime, Krotz said in his
filing. The FCC would benefit by reducing administrative costs.

In 2014 the FCC granted lifetime credit for examination elements 3 and 4,
but applicants seeking relicensing under that provision still must pass
examination element 2.

Individuals may submit commentsÂ*via the FCCs Electronic Comment Filing
System (ECFS).

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