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ARLB086 FCC recip update
 
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ARRL Bulletin 86  ARLB086
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  October 26, 1994
To all radio amateurs 
 
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ARLB086 FCC recip update
 
The FCC announced today the termination of a proceeding, PR Docket
92-167, in which it was proposed that Volunteer Examiners inspect
credentials and administer brief examinations to visiting foreign
amateurs as a basis for the granting of temporary FCC operating
permits to amateurs from countries with which the United States does
not have a reciprocal operating agreement.
 
In its comments on the FCC proposal, filed in 1992, the ARRL had
said there were better ways to achieve the objective of the
proceeding. The League suggested that the US take the lead in
establishing a worldwide common license and urged the FCC to abandon
its proposal and consider alternative steps leading in that
direction, such as US participation in a European common license
arrangement.
 
The FCC decided not to amend the rules as it had proposed. Instead,
it has noted the suggestions in the comments for alternative means
of licensing visiting foreign amateurs, and will continue to explore
other options for meeting this need and will work to ensure the
reciprocal treatment of US amateurs overseas.
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