ARLA/CLUSTER: Novas regras para o radioamadorismo americano são efectivas a partir de 21 de Julho

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Changes to Amateur Service Part 97 rules go into effect on July 21

The FCC's recently announced revisions to the Part 97 Amateur Radio rules
governing exam credit to former licensees, test administration, and
emission types will go into effect on Monday, July 21. The new rules were
published in The Federal Register on June 20.

In a wide-ranging Report and Order (R&O) released June 9, the Commission
announced that it would grant examination credit for written elements 3
(General) and 4 (Amateur Extra) to holders of "expired licenses that
required passage of those elements." The FCC will require former licensees
falling outside the 2-year grace period to pass Element 2 (Technician) in
order to be relicensed. The Commission declined to give exam credit to
holders of expired Certificates of Successful Completion of Examination
(CSCEs) or to extend lifetime validity to CSCEs. The R&O can be found on
the web in PDF format at,
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/
2014/db0609/FCC-14-74A1.pdf
<http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0609/FCC-14-74A1.pdf>

The FCC also embraced the use of remote testing methods, allowing volunteer
examiners and volunteer examiner coordinators "the option of administering
examinations at locations remote from the VEs." The National Conference of
Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) in 2002 endorsed experimental use
of videoconferencing technology to conduct Amateur Radio testing in remote
areas of Alaska. The Commission dropped its earlier proposal to permit two
VEs to administer exams; the requirement remains at three VEs. The
Commission did not spell out the "mechanics" of remote testing, however,
which it said would "vary from location to location and session to
session." VEs administering examinations remotely must grade such
examinations "at the earliest practical opportunity," rather than
"immediately," as the current rule for conventional exam sessions requires.

The FCC also adopted an ARRL proposal to authorize certain Time Division
Multiple Access (TDMA) emissions in the Amateur Service.

The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau in 2013 granted an ARRL request for
a temporary blanket waiver to permit radio amateurs to transmit emissions
with designators FXD, FXE, and F7E, pending resolution of the rulemaking
petition. That waiver becomes permanent on July 21.

The Commission also made "certain minor, non-substantive amendments" and
corrections to the Amateur Service rule.

Fonte: The American Radio Relay League <http://www.arrl.org/>
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