Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!leonard!beesvax!utah-cs!harpo!eagle!karn From: karn@eagle.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: CWID rules: the whole story Message-ID: <978@eagle.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Jun-83 05:04:21 EDT Article-I.D.: eagle.978 Posted: Fri Jun 3 05:04:21 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Jun-83 02:44:19 EDT Lines: 274 To : All Packeteers >From : Paul Rinaldo, W4RI (ARRL HQ) Subject: FCC Relaxes Rules -- No need to cw i-d on packet We received the verbatim text of an FCC release of yesterday. Although individual packet stations are relieved of the need to send cw i-d, I would certainly encourage the retention of cw i-d for all packet repeaters and packet beacons. That would help packeteers tell which repeaters are available to them and would help propagate the faith to current non- packeteers. Here it is: Before the Federal Communications Commission FCC 83-247 Washington, DC 20554 33301 In the Matter of ) ) Amendment of Part 97 of the ) Commission's Rules Pursuant to the ) Commission Regulatory Review ) Program. ) ORDER Adopted: May 26, 1983 Released: June 1, 1983 By the Commission: Commissioner Fogarty not participating; Commissioner Sharp absent. 1. Pursuant to the Commission's Regulatory Review program, the rules addressed herein are being amended or deleted, as appropriate, in order to eliminate unnecessary restrictions and rules, codify requirements of the Communi- cations Act of 1934, as amended, or make editorial correc- tions necessary for simplifiction or clarification of the rules. The affected rule sections are: ~ 97.13, 97.32, 97.61, 97.69, 97.81, 97.84, 97.99 and 97.173. 2. We are deleting ~ 97.32(f), which currently prohi- bits the renewal of Interim Amateur Permits, since renewals may be justified in circumstances where there is an extra- ordinary delay in the issuance of permanent amateur operator and station licenses. 3. We are revising ~ 97.13(c) and ~ 97.13(d) to cor- rect an omission in order that amateur operator license renewal applicants may submit a photocopy of their license in place of the original document. We are deleting ~ 97.67(a)(3), and revising ~~ 97.61(e), 97.69(a)(2) and 97.67(b)(3) in order to rectify certain unintentional incon- sistencies in our recent Order authorizing the use of the digital code "AMTOR" on Amateur Radio Service frequencies below 50 MHz. /1/ We are revising ~ 97.99 to delete the reference to the obsolete Form 452-C. We are also revising ~ 97.173(d) to change the incorrect reference to ~ 97.41 to the correct reference, ~ 97.42. 4. We are adding a new paragraph to ~ 97.81 which codifies into the rules the existing requirements of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, that specify that the Commission has the "...authority to inspect all radio installations ... which are subject to the provisions of any Act, treaty, or convention...." /2/ This amendment also codifies longstanding Commission policy in that the author- ity to inspect amateur radio stations is a general condition of grant of all amateur licenses. 5. Finally, we are revising ~ 97.84 to allow station identification for amateur stations to be made by video when specific transmission standards are used, or, under some circumstances, by using certain common digital codes. This will relieve a number of burdens amateur operators have faced when required to identify "packet radio" transmis- sions, television transmissions where audio cannot be prac- tically transmitted on the same operating frequencies, and transmissions where international third party traffic is exchanged and identification of the station being communi- cated with is required. /3/ 6. We are dispensing with the prior notice and comment procedure provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in this proceeding since the subject rule changes are either interpretative (~~ 97.13, 97.69, 97.81, 97.99) or relate to agency procedure (~ 97.32), or since it is unlike- ly that any objections would be received in view of the obvious benefits which are being conferred and we, there- fore, find it unnecessary (~~ 97.61, 97.69, 97.84, 97.99). /4/ The APA's effective date requirements are also not applicable to these rule amendments because they either relieve a restriction, or are interpretative. /5/ Certain rule changes also addressed merely make editorial correc- tions and the APA, therefore, does not apply (~ 97.173). 7. Inasmuch as general notice of proposed rule making is not required, the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 does not apply. 8. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED That, effective June 15, 1983, Part 97 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, 47 CFR Part 97, IS AMENDED as set forth in the attached Appen- dix. This action is taken pursuant to authority contained in Sections 4(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Further information on this matter may be obtained by contacting: Maurice J. DePont, (202) 632-4964, Federal Communications Commission, Private Radio Bureau, Washington, DC 20554. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION William J. Tricarico Secretary Attachment: Appendix /1/ 48 FR 7457 (February 22, 1983). /2/ See Section 303(n) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. /3/ Article 25, ~ 5 of the International Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1979) permits identification signals in the form of, among others, "a telegraph code compatible with conven- tional printing equipment." Furthermore, the television emissions which we are authorizing to be identified by video are those which can only take place on frequencies where international propagation is unlikely. /4/ See 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3). /5/ See 5 U.S.C. 553(d). APPENDIX Part 97 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, 47 CFR Part 97, is amended as follows: 1. In Section 97.13, paragraphs (c) and (d) are revised to read as follows: ~ 97.13 Renewal or modification of operator license. (c) Application for renewal and/or modification of an amateur operator license shall be submitted on FCC Form 610 and shall be accompanied by the applicant's license or a photocopy thereof. Application for renewal of unexpired licenses must be made during the license term and should be filed within 90 days, but not later than 30 days, prior to the end of the license term. In any case in which the licensee has, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, made timely and sufficient application for renewal of an unexpired license, no license with reference to any activity of a continuing nature shall expire until such application shall have been finally determined. (d) If a license is allowed to expire, application for renewal may be made during a period of grace of five years after the expiration date. During this five-year period of grace, an expired license is not valid. A license renewed during the grace period will be dated currently and will not be backdated to the date of its expiration. Application for renewal shall be submitted on FCC Form 610 and shall be accompanied by the applicant license or a photocopy thereof. 2. In Section 97.32, paragraph (f) is deleted in its entirety. 3. In Section 97.61, the parenthetical phrase in paragraph (e) is revised to read as follows: (when type F1 or A2J emissions are employed in these bands, the radio or audio frequency shift, as appropriate, shall not exceed 1000 Hz) 4. In Section 97.69, paragraph (a)(3) is deleted in its entirety and paragraphs (a)(2) and (b)(3) are revised to read as follows: ~ 97.69 Digital communications. (a) * * * (2) When type A2, F1 or F2 emissions are used on frequencies below 50 MHz, the radio or audio frequency shift (the dif- ference between the frequency for the "mark" signal and that for the "space" signal), as appropriate, shall not exceed 1000 Hz. When these emissions are used on frequencies above 50 MHz, the frequency shift, in hertz, shall not exceed the sending speed, in baud, of the transmission, or 1000 Hz, whichever is greater. (b) * * * (3) The International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR) Recommendations 476-2 and 476-3 (commonly known as AMTOR); provided that the code, baud rate and emission timing shall conform to the specifications of CCIR 476-2 (1978) or CCIR 476-3 (1982), Mode A or Mode B. 5. Section 97.81 is revised to read as follows: ~ 97.81 Authorized apparatus. (a) An amateur station license authorizes the use, under control of the licensee, of all transmitting apparatus at the fixed location specified in the station license which is operated on any frequency or frequencies allocated to the Amateur Radio Service, and, in addition, authorizes the use, under control of the licensee, of portable and mobile trans- mitting apparatus operated at other locations. (b) The apparatus authorized for use by paragraph (a) of this section shall be available for inspection upon request by an authorized Commission representative. 6. In Section 97.84, paragraph (g) is revised to read as follows: ~ 97.84 Station identification. (g) The identification required by this section shall be given on each frequency being utilized for transmission and shall be made in one of the following manners: (1) By telegraphy using the international Morse code (if this identification is made by an automatic device used only for identification, the code speed shall not exceed 20 words per minute); (2) By telephony using the English language (the Commis- sion encourages the use of a nationally or internationally recognized standard phonetic alphabet as an aid for correct telephone identification); (3) By telegraphy using any code authorized by ~ 97.69(b), when the particular code is used for transmission of all or part of the communication or when the communica- tion is transmitted in any digital code on frequencies above 50 MHz; or (4) By video using readily legible characters when A5 emissions are used, the monochrome portions of which con- form, at a minimum, to the monochrome transmission standards of ~ 73.682(a)(6) through ~ 73.682(a)(13), inclusive (with the exception of ~ 73.682(a)(9)(iii) and ~ 73.682 (a)(9)(iv)). 7. In Section 97.99, the introductory paragraph is revised to read as follows: ~ 97.99 Stations used only for radio control of remote model crafts and vehicles. An amateur radio station in radio control operation with a mean output power not exceeding one watt may, when used for the control of a remote model craft or vehicle, be operated under the special provisions of this section, pro- vided that a writing indicating the station call sign and the licensee's name and address is affixed to the trans- mitter. 8. In Section 97.173, paragraph (d) is revised to read as follows: ~ 97.173 Application for RACES station license. (d) If the application is for a RACES station to be in any special manner covered by ~ 97.42, those showings speci- fied for non-RACES stations shall also be submitted.