[OH-KY-IN] FCC Acts on Morse!

[Nathan R. Ciufo]

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