FCC Web Documents citing 97.501

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  • that an individual's ability to demonstrate increased Morse code proficiency is not necessarily indicative of his or her ability to contribute to the advancement of the radio art. The record before us shows that the amateur service community generally supports removing the telegraphy requirement as one of the requirements for General Class operator privileges. Accordingly, we propose to revise Section 97.501 to remove the five wpm telegraphy examination from the requirements for a General Class operator license. As discussed above, some petitioners that support eliminating the telegraphy requirement for a General Class operator license nonetheless advocate retaining a telegraphy requirement for the Amateur Extra Class operator license. We note that numerous commenters disagree, arguing that the requirement serves no purpose, is
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  • John R. Ure, 515 E. Carefree Highway 852, Phoenix, AZ 85085. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Scot Stone Deputy Chief, Mobility Division Wireless Telecommunications Bureau See Mr. John R. Ure, Letter, 22 FCC Rcd 3189 (Letter). See 47 C.F.R. § 97.501. See FCC File No. 0002470869 (filed February 2, 2006). Volunteer examiner coordinators coordinate the efforts of volunteer examiners in preparing and administering qualifying examinations, and then forward the required data for qualified examinees to the Commission electronically. See 47 C.F.R. 97.519(a). See Electronic mail message, dated April 19, 2006, from Perry Green, Assistant VEC Manager, ARRL, to Rebecca Williams, Wireless
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  • 47 C.F.R. § 1.401(e), the petition for rulemaking filed on March 17, 2006 by Victor Madera IS DENIED. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131 and 0.331. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Scot Stone Deputy Chief, Mobility Division Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 47 C.F.R. § 97.523. 47 C.F.R. § 97.501. 47 C.F.R. § 97.523. See, e.g., 1998 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Amendment Of Part 97 Of The Commission's Amateur Service Rules, Report and Order, WT Docket No. 98-143, 15 FCC Rcd 315, 328 ¶ 40 (1999). See Petition at 1. Id. at 2. Id. at 2 n.3. See Spanish Language Amateur Radio Operator Examinations, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 81 F.C.C.
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  • action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Scot Stone Deputy Chief, Mobility Division Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Petition for Proposed changes in 47 CFR Part 97 Section 97.523 (filed April 21, 2008) (Petition). 47 C.F.R. § 97.523. Petition at 2, 4-5. 47 C.F.R. § 97.501. See 47 C.F.R. § 97.503. See Petition at 2-3. See id. at 4-5. Id. at 1. The NCVEC approves a uniform national database of multiple-choice questions and answers, and periodically updates the question pools to ensure that they continue to reflect current technology. See 1998 Biennial Review - Amendment of Part 97 of the Commission's Amateur Service Rules, Report and
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  • Division Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 47 C.F.R. § 97.505(a). See Waiver Request dated July 6, 2011 from Anchorage VEC to Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Request). See Petition for Rule Making dated April 9, 2011, RM-11629. The Commission sought comment on the rulemaking petition, see Public Notice, Report No. 2930 (CGB rel. April 27, 2011), which remains pending. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 97.501, 97.503. See 47 C.F.R. § 97.21(b). See 47 C.F.R. § 97.505(a). A holder of an expired Technician Class operator license granted before March 21, 1987 receives credit for examination element 3. See 47 C.F.R. § 97.505(a)(4). Element 3 is the examination element needed to upgrade from a Technician Class to a General Class operator license. See 47 C.F.R. § 97.501(b),
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  • an amateur operator license that 147 C.F.R. § 97.505(a). 2See Waiver Request dated July 6, 2011 from Anchorage VEC to Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Request). 3SeePetition for Rule Making dated April 9, 2011, RM-11629. The Commission sought comment on the rulemaking petition, see Public Notice, Report No. 2930 (CGB rel. April 27, 2011), which remains pending. 4See 47 C.F.R. §§ 97.501, 97.503. 5See 47 C.F.R. § 97.21(b). 6See 47 C.F.R. § 97.505(a). 7A holder of an expired Technician Class operator license granted before March 21, 1987 receives credit for examination element 3. See 47 C.F.R. § 97.505(a)(4). Element 3 is the examination element needed to upgrade from a Technician Class to a General Class operator license. See 47 C.F.R. § 97.501(b),
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  • with the amateur service. In the event of an emergency which necessitates the invoking of the President's War Emergency Powers under the provisions of Section 706 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 606, RACES stations and amateur stations participating in RACES may only transmit on the following frequency segments: * * * * * 10. Section 97.501 is revised to read as follows: § 97.501 Qualifying for an amateur operator license. Each applicant must pass an examination for a new amateur operator license grant and for each change in operator class. Each applicant for the class of operator license grant specified below must pass, or otherwise receive examination credit for, the following examination elements: (a) Amateur Extra
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  • March 13, 2000. Dennis Kippa and David J. Hill, Petition for Rulemaking (filed Mar. 16, 2000) (RM-9867) (Kippa-Hill Petition); Joseph Speroni Petition for Rulemaking (filed Nov. 17, 2000) (RM-10018) (Speroni Petition). Quarter Century Wireless Association, Petition for Rulemaking (filed Oct. 22, 2000) (QCWA Petition). Eric R. Wolfe, Proposed Rule Change (filed Feb. 7, 2000) (Wolfe Petition) (RM-9831). 47 C.F.R. §§ 97.501-97.527. The three operator license classes that an individual may qualify for are Technician Class, General Class, and Amateur Extra Class. Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd at 316 ¶ 3. Id. at 345 ¶ 52. Millard H. Qualls, Petition for Partial Reconsideration (filed Feb. 28, 2000) (Qualls Petition); Fred A. Duran, Jr., Petition for Partial Reconsideration (filed Feb. 14, 2000)
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  • Order. In addition to these rule parts, Private Wireless Services are also licensed under Parts 90 and 101; exclusive use licenses authorized under these rule parts may be the subject of spectrum leases in accordance with the provisions of the Report and Order. See 47 C.F.R. Parts 80, 87, 95. See 47 C.F.R. Part 97. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. § 97.501. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 80.13(c), 87.18(b), 95.191(a), 95.204, 95.404. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 95.23, 95.25, 95.192, 95.205, 95.405, 97.301. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 95.7, 95.191(b), 95.207(b), 95.407, 97.101(b). We note that, with the exception of the amateur service, our rules establish individual channels in these services. These channels and all amateur service spectrum, however, are shared by
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  • Order. In addition to these rule parts, Private Wireless Services are also licensed under Parts 90 and 101; exclusive use licenses authorized under these rule parts may be the subject of spectrum leases in accordance with the provisions of the Report and Order. See 47 C.F.R. Parts 80, 87, 95. See 47 C.F.R. Part 97. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. § 97.501. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 80.13(c), 87.18(b), 95.191(a), 95.204, 95.404. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 95.23, 95.25, 95.192, 95.205, 95.405, 97.301. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 95.7, 95.191(b), 95.207(b), 95.407, 97.101(b). We note that, with the exception of the amateur service, our rules establish individual channels in these services. These channels and all amateur service spectrum, however, are shared by
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  • 9. The other commenter opposed any revisions that would allow Business and Industrial/Land Transportation (B/ILT) licensees to lease to commercial entities, expressing concern about potential harmful interference. See Boeing Reply Comments at 2-6. One commenter recommended extending our spectrum leasing policies to these services, but provided no rationale for so doing. See Winstar Comments at 2. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 97.501, 97.101(b); see also Further Notice at ¶ 301. We note that the Report and Order permitted spectrum leasing by one Personal Radio Service, the 218-219 MHz service, in which licensees have exclusive use of the licensed spectrum. See Report and Order at ¶ 84 & n.183. See 47 C.F.R. Part 95 subpart D. See 47 C.F.R. Part 95 subpart C.
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  • that an individual's ability to demonstrate increased Morse code proficiency is not necessarily indicative of his or her ability to contribute to the advancement of the radio art. The record before us shows that the amateur service community generally supports removing the telegraphy requirement as one of the requirements for General Class operator privileges. Accordingly, we propose to revise Section 97.501 to remove the five wpm telegraphy examination from the requirements for a General Class operator license. As discussed above, some petitioners that support eliminating the telegraphy requirement for a General Class operator license nonetheless advocate retaining a telegraphy requirement for the Amateur Extra Class operator license. We note that numerous commenters disagree, arguing that the requirement serves no purpose, is
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  • Services licenses. Id. The Personal Radio Services generally are licensed by rule. See generally 47 C.F.R. Part 95. The bar on assigning or transferring Amateur and Commercial Operator licenses is a logical corollary of the requirement that applicants for such licenses pass an examination to demonstrate their qualifications. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 13.201 (examination requirement for Commercial Operator license applicants); 97.501 (examination requirement for Amateur Radio Service license applicants). Bankruptcy filings by a licensee are considered to be involuntary assignments of the licenses, generally from the licensee to the licensee as debtor-in-possession. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. § 1.948(c)(2), (g); Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Grants Applications for Assignment of Licenses to WorldCom, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries as Debtors in Possession, Public Notice, 17
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  • the international requirement that a person demonstrate Morse code proficiency in order to qualify for an amateur radio operator license with transmitting privileges on frequencies below 30 MHz. On July 19, 2005, the Commission released the NPRM in this proceeding, and sought comment regarding proposals to change the Amateur Radio Service examination requirements. Specifically, the Commission proposed to revise Section 97.501 of the Commission's rules to remove the five wpm telegraphy examination from the examination requirements for the General Class and Amateur Extra Class operator licenses. The Commission also considered various requests to authorize additional operating privileges to Technician and Novice Class licensees. It declined requests that it authorize additional operating privileges to these licensees, noting that to do so would
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  • other things, amending Article 25 to allow each country to determine whether it would require a person seeking an amateur radio operator license to demonstrate the ability to send and receive texts in Morse code signals. In 2005, the Commission released the Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Order (NPRM) in this proceeding, seeking comment on whether to revise Section 97.501 of the Commission's Rules to remove the telegraphy examination from the requirements for the General Class and Amateur Extra Class operator licenses. Over 3900 comments and reply comments were filed. In 2006, the Commission released the Report and Order. Based on its review of the record and consideration of the various comments, it amended Section 97.501 to remove the telegraphy
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  • Personal Radio Services (except the 218-219 MHz Service) licenses. Id. The Personal Radio Services generally are licensed by rule. See generally 47 C.F.R. Part 95. The bar on assigning or transferring Amateur and Commercial Operator licenses is a logical corollary of the requirement that applicants for such licenses pass an examination to demonstrate their qualifications. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 13.201, 97.501. See Second FNPRM, 21 FCC Rcd at 11607-08 ¶ 42. Id. at 11607 ¶ 42. The Commission noted, moreover, that the difficulties caused by prohibiting the assignment or transfer of control of aircraft station licenses are magnified when an airline enters or emerges from bankruptcy, due both to the large number of aircraft station licenses typically involved and certain issues
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  • 97.17(d). See, e.g., Nathan Bargmann Comments at 1. See note 72, supra. See ARRL Comments at 14. See Vanity Report and Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 1040 ¶ 10. See 47 C.F.R. § 97.17(a). A person demonstrates they are qualified to hold a new license grant in amateur service license by passing the necessary examination elements. See 47 C.F.R. § 97.501. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1152. The current fee for a new or renewed vanity call sign is $13.30 for a ten-year license term. See, e.g., Nathan Bargmann Comments at 2. 47 U.S.C. § 159(g). See Vanity Report and Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 1041 ¶ 15. These amendments remove language that has been rendered obsolete by various Commission decisions issued
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  • with the amateur service. In the event of an emergency which necessitates the invoking of the President's War Emergency Powers under the provisions of Section 706 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 606, RACES stations and amateur stations participating in RACES may only transmit on the following frequency segments: * * * * * 10. Section 97.501 is revised to read as follows: § 97.501 Qualifying for an amateur operator license. Each applicant must pass an examination for a new amateur operator license grant and for each change in operator class. Each applicant for the class of operator license grant specified below must pass, or otherwise receive examination credit for, the following examination elements: (a) Amateur Extra