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FCC Daily Digest 01/05/2017
(Moderator's Note: Only FCC Part 97 Amateur Radio related actions are shown below.) Daily Digest Vol. 36 No. 3 January 05, 2017 [...] JAMES EDWIN WHEDBEE AND JEFFREY H. SIEGELL. Dismissed the Petitions. by LETTER. (DA No. 17-11). WTB https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch /DA-17-11A1.doc https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/at...DA-17-11A1.pdf (Moderator's Note: Amateur or Part 97 match found in contents linked at URL: 2 Siegell. Mr. Whedbee requests that the Commission amend part 97 of the Commission's rules "to reduce the number of amateur radio operator classes to Technician, General, and Amateur Extra, to merge into the Technician class all Novice class operators, to merge into the Amateur Extra class all Advanced class operators, to establish the procedures governing such mergers, and for related purposes."3 Mr. Siegell requests that the Commission amend part 97 to grant Advanced Class license holders Morse code operating privileges equal to those of Amateur Extra Class licensees.4 Thus, Mr. Siegell's proposed rule change is subsumed within the changes Mr. Whedbee requests, so our analysis is the same for both [...] Among the principles underlying part 97 of the Commission's rules are the "[c]ontinuation and extension of the amateur's proven ability to contribute to the advancement of the radio art"5 and the "[e]ncouragement and improvement of the amateur service through rules which provide for advancing skills in both the communication and technical phases of the art."6 Licenses to operate amateur stations are granted to individuals by the Commission once applicants demonstrate an understanding of both [...] In 1999, the Commission streamlined its amateur licensing system into three classes: Technician, General, and Amateur Extra.8 New licenses are no longer issued for the discontinued Novice and [...] 8 See 1998 Biennial Regulatory Review * Amendment of Part 97 of the Commission's Amateur Service Rules, Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 315, 322, para. 13 (1999) (Restructure Report and Order). [...] Your petitions essentially urge the Commission to afford Novice and Advanced class operator licenses the operating privileges of, respectively, General and Amateur Extra Class operator licenses. Holders of discontinued licenses would thereby achieve an upgrade to the next higher class without [...] and costs,13 but he provides no evidence to suggest that an administrative problem even exists.14 Moreover, such benefits would not outweigh the public interest in ensuring that amateur operators have the requisite incentive to advance their skill and technical knowledge in order to contribute to the advancement of the radio art and improvement of the amateur radio service. [...] 12 See Amendment of Part 97 of the Commission's Rules to Implement WRC-03 Regulations Applicable to Requirements for Operator Licenses in the Amateur Radio Service, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 13247, 13263-64, paras. 31-32 (2005). [...] Cf. Mark F. Krotz, Order, 31 FCC Rcd 7049, 7049-50, para. 3 (WTB MD 2016) (concluding that a petition proposing that part 97 be amended to grant amateur licenses for the holder's lifetime did not demonstrate that the rule change would reduce the Commission's administrative burdens and costs). ) [...] |
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