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Published by w5zio on January 25th, 2007 in Member Topics

Effective Friday, February 23rd 2007
In its Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, the FCC is removing the morse code test requirement for individuals seeking to upgrade to General or Extra class amateur radio licenses. Please note, a license upgrade is not automatic for those holding valid CSCEs for element credit. You must apply for the upgrade at a VEC test session, and you may not operate as /AG or /AE until you have upgraded and have been issued a CSCE marked for upgrade. The modification also revises the 80 meter HF alocation in which automatically controlled RTTY and data emissions are authorized. Full Story