ARLA/CLUSTER: FCC rejeita petição para a " Technician Class" operar em 10m

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Equivalências entre as recomendações da CEPT e as classes nos Estados
Unidos, Reino Unido e as categorias atuais em Portugal, sendo que no
nosso país a categoria 3 não pode emitir em estação propria.:

- CEPT Entry Level Amateur Radio Licence, baseada na Recomendação ECC
Report 89 equivalente nos EUA à Technician Class, no Reino Unido à
Foundation Class, em Portugal à CATEGORIA 3.

- ECC/REC/(05)06 (CEPT Novice Licence), baseada na Recomendação ERC
Report 32 corresponde nos EUA à General Class e no Reino Unido à
Intermediate licence, em Portugal à CATEGORIA 2.

- CEPT T/R 61-01 (CEPT HAREC Radio Amateur Licence), baseada na
Recomendação de exame CEPT T/R 61-02 corresponde nos EUA à Amateur
Extra Class e no Reino Unido à Advanced/Full licence, em Portugal à
CATEGORIA 1

FCC turns away petition to expand Technician 10 Meter privileges

The FCC has dismissed a Petition for Rule Making that sought to expand
Technician privileges in the 10 meter band.

The Toledo Mobile Radio Association (TMRA) had asked the Commission
last June to expand the spectrum available to Technician licensees on
10 meters to include operating privileges in the FM portion of the
band, from 29.520 to 29.700 MHz. Novice and Technician licensees now
may operate on 10 meters from 28.000 to 28.500 MHz.

"We conclude that TMRA has not presented grounds for the Commission to
revisit the question of operating privileges for Technician class
licensees," the FCC said October 17 in denying the petition. The FCC
said that Technicians may transmit through repeaters licensed to a
General class or higher licensee that have an output channel in the
29.5 to 29.7 MHz segment, as long as the repeater has a 2 meter or 70
centimeter input.

Further, the FCC pointed out that the current licensing structure was
developed "with the expressed desire of the amateur community to
provide an incentive, ie, additional frequency privileges, to motivate
Amateur Radio operators to advance their communication and technical
skills." The FCC noted that it increased Technician privileges in 2006
to include Novice and Technician Plus privileges.

"A Technician class licensee can upgrade to a General class operator
license and receive significantly more frequency privileges (including
those at issue here) by answering correctly a minimum of twenty-six
questions on a thirty-five question written examination," the FCC
said.
TMRA, the Commission concluded, had submitted no evidence that the FCC
should depart from its "long-standing policy of providing additional
frequency privileges as an incentive" for license advancement.

TMRA had asserted that amending §97.301(e) of Part 97 would extend
Technician voice privileges on 10 meters to "coincide with today's
technical advancement of the Amateur Radio Service."

Fonte: The ARRL