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Info on the No Code License
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The FCC announced December 3, 1990, that they were revising the Technicians
class amateur license to provide a code-free license. The new license will
provide all amateur privileges above 30 mhz. The following is the official
announcement from the American Radio Relay League Headquarters.
ARLB 054 FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS NEWINGTON CT DECEMBER 13, 1990
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
FCC ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 03 1990 TECHNICIAN CLASS APPLICANTS WILL HAVE TO
DEMONSTRATE MORSE CODE PROFICIENCY IN ORDER TO HAVE PRIVILEGES ABOVE 30 MHZ.
IMPLEMENTATION IS EXPECTED BY FEBRUARY 1991. TECHS WHO OBTAIN THEIR LICENSES
PRIOR TO THAT DATE WILL BE GRANDFATHERED, MEANING THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
THEIR PRESENT HF PRIVILEGES. THE CODELESS TECHNICIAN WRITTEN EXAM WILL HAVE
55 QUESTIONS. NEW TECHNICIANS WANTING HF PRIVILEGES WILL BE REQUIRED TO HOLD
A CSCE FOR ELEMENT 1A, THAT IS 5 WPM, WHICH MUST BE ADMINISTERED BY THREE
CREDITED VECs. THERE WILL BE NO CALL SIGN DESIGNATOR TO INDICATEWHETHER OR
NOT A TECHNICIAN HAS PASSED A CODE TEST, BUT FCC WILL HAVE RECORDS OF WHO HAS
PASSED. MORE DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN FEBRUARY QST.X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X
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