The attached Petition for Rulemaking (dated July 29, 2003) has been filed by the National Conference of VECs with the Secretary, FCC, Washington DC. It requests an immediate end of Morse code testing.
73/Fred/W5YI, Chairman
NCVEC Rules Committee
Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
Amendment of Part 97 of the Commission's ) RM-
Amateur Service Rules to Eliminate )
Morse code testing )
)
To: The Commission
PETITION FOR RULE MAKING
The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) is
the umbrella organization comprised of the fourteen organizations
charged since 1984, under Section 97.519(a) of the rules of the Federal
Communications Commission, 47 CFR 97.519(a) to develop and administer
all Amateur Radio operator license testing and to electronically file
all successful license applications with the FCC. In total, the VECs
and their more than 30,000 VE teams have collectively administered
nearly two million examinations during the past twenty years and have
notified the FCC to issue approximately a million new and upgraded
Amateur Radio licenses.
Once a year, the various Volunteer Examiner Coordinator organizations
meet at their annual conference to discuss the various issues that
impact Amateur Radio operator testing. <span style="text-decoration:underline">At their July 25, 2003, meeting
held with the FCC in Gettysburg, PA, the VECs overwhelmingly agreed
that Morse code testing should be immediately ended since it was now
possible to do so.</span> It was also noted that countries have already begun
discontinuing Morse examinations. As a result the VECs voted to file
this Petition asking that the FCC take expedited action to allow them
to discontinue administering Element 1, the 5 words-per-minute
telegraphy examination as soon as possible.
Pursuant to Section 1.405 of the Commission's procedural rules (47
C.F.R. 1.405), the NCVEC hereby respectfully requests that the
Commission issue a Notice of Proposed Rule Making at an early date
looking toward amendment of the rules governing the Amateur Radio
Service, 47 C.F.R. 97.1 et seq., as set forth herein and in the
attached Appendix.
The rule changes requested herein would terminate the telegraphy
examination requirement and permit existing Technician Class operators
to access HF spectrum as provided in 47 C.F.R. 97.301(e) without the
necessity of passing a Morse code examination. This request to
eliminate the Morse code (Element 1) examination does not necessarily
have the support of the ARRL Board since they have yet to develop a
position on the matter. In support of its petition, NCVEC states as
follows:
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73/Fred/W5YI, Chairman
NCVEC Rules Committee
Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
Amendment of Part 97 of the Commission's ) RM-
Amateur Service Rules to Eliminate )
Morse code testing )
)
To: The Commission
PETITION FOR RULE MAKING
The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) is
the umbrella organization comprised of the fourteen organizations
charged since 1984, under Section 97.519(a) of the rules of the Federal
Communications Commission, 47 CFR 97.519(a) to develop and administer
all Amateur Radio operator license testing and to electronically file
all successful license applications with the FCC. In total, the VECs
and their more than 30,000 VE teams have collectively administered
nearly two million examinations during the past twenty years and have
notified the FCC to issue approximately a million new and upgraded
Amateur Radio licenses.
Once a year, the various Volunteer Examiner Coordinator organizations
meet at their annual conference to discuss the various issues that
impact Amateur Radio operator testing. <span style="text-decoration:underline">At their July 25, 2003, meeting
held with the FCC in Gettysburg, PA, the VECs overwhelmingly agreed
that Morse code testing should be immediately ended since it was now
possible to do so.</span> It was also noted that countries have already begun
discontinuing Morse examinations. As a result the VECs voted to file
this Petition asking that the FCC take expedited action to allow them
to discontinue administering Element 1, the 5 words-per-minute
telegraphy examination as soon as possible.
Pursuant to Section 1.405 of the Commission's procedural rules (47
C.F.R. 1.405), the NCVEC hereby respectfully requests that the
Commission issue a Notice of Proposed Rule Making at an early date
looking toward amendment of the rules governing the Amateur Radio
Service, 47 C.F.R. 97.1 et seq., as set forth herein and in the
attached Appendix.
The rule changes requested herein would terminate the telegraphy
examination requirement and permit existing Technician Class operators
to access HF spectrum as provided in 47 C.F.R. 97.301(e) without the
necessity of passing a Morse code examination. This request to
eliminate the Morse code (Element 1) examination does not necessarily
have the support of the ARRL Board since they have yet to develop a
position on the matter. In support of its petition, NCVEC states as
follows:
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