WVDXA Code Requirement

[K4OM]

 */End of an Era:/ FCC to Drop Morse Testing for All Amateur License 
Classes* (Dec 15, 2006) --  In an historic move, the FCC has acted to 
drop the Morse code requirement for /all/ Amateur Radio license classes. 
The Commission adopted a /Report and Order/ (/R&O/) in WT Docket 05-235 
late today. In a break from typical practice, however, the FCC only 
issued a press release at or around the close of business today and not 
the actual /Report & Order/, so some details -- and the effective date 
of the /R&O/ -- remain unclear for now. Also today, the FCC adopted an 
/Order on Reconsideration/, modifying the Amateur Radio Service rules in 
response to an ARRL request to accommodate automatically controlled 
narrowband digital stations on 80 meters in the wake of rule changes 
that became effective at 12:01 AM Eastern Time today. The FCC agreed to 
carve out the 3585 to 3600 kHz frequency segment for such operations.



Pete K4OM