**Before the**

# Federal Communications Commission

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

In the Matter of ) WT Docket No. 98-143

)

1998 Biennial Regulatory Review \-- ) RM-9148

Amendment of Part 97 of the Commission\'s ) RM-9150

Amateur Service Rules. ) RM-9196

)

)

**ERRATA**

## Adopted: April 18, 2000 Released: April 19, 2000

By the Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division:

1\. This Errata corrects the rules that appeared in Appendix B of the
*Report and Order* in this proceeding, FCC 99-412, which was released on
December 30, 1999.[^1] The errors were corrected before the rules were
published in the Federal Register.[^2] The rules are corrected as set
forth in the Appendix to conform the adopted rules to the decisions
discussed in the text of the *Report and Order*, minimize confusion by
deleting issuing language referring to rule sections that were not
amended, and meet Federal Register publication requirements.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Ramona E. Melson

Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

Attachment: Appendix B

Appendix B

Part 97 - Amateur Radio Service

1\. The authority citation for Part 97 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 48 Stat. 1066, 1082, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303.
Interpret or

apply 48 Stat. 1064-1068, 1081-1105, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151-155,
301-609, unless

otherwise noted.

2.  Section 97.9 is amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as
    follows:

§ 97.9 Operator license.

\(a\) \* \* \*

\(b\) The person named in an operator license grant of Novice,
Technician, Technician Plus, General or Advanced Class, who has properly
submitted to the administering VEs a FCC Form 605 document requesting
examination for an operator license grant of a higher class, and who
holds a CSCE indicating that the person has completed the necessary
examinations within the previous 365 days, is authorized to exercise the
rights and privileges of the higher operator class until final
disposition of the application or until 365 days following the passing
of the examination, whichever comes first.

3\. Section 97.13 is amended by revising paragraphs (b) and (c)(2) to
read as follows:

§ 97.13 Restrictions on station location.

\* \* \* \* \*

\(b\) A station within 1600 m (1 mile) of an FCC monitoring facility
must protect that facility from harmful interference. Failure to do so
could result in imposition of operating restrictions upon the amateur
station by a District Director pursuant to § 97.121 of this part.
Geographical coordinates of the facilities that require protection are
listed in § 0.121(c) of this chapter.

(c) \* \* \*

\(2\) If the routine environmental evaluation indicates that the RF
electromagnetic fields could exceed the limits contained in § 1.1310 of
this chapter in accessible areas, the licensee must take action to
prevent human exposure to such RF electromagnetic fields. Further
information on evaluating compliance with these limits can be found in
the FCC\'s OET Bulletin Number 65, \"Evaluating Compliance with FCC
Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic
Fields.\"

4\. Section 97.17 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as
follows:

§ 97.17 Application for new license grant.

\(a\) Any qualified person is eligible to apply for a new
operator/primary station, club station or military recreation station
license grant. No new license grant will be issued for a Novice,
Technician Plus, or Advanced Class operator/primary station or a RACES
station.

\* \* \* \* \*

5\. Section 97.21 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(3) and
(a)(3)(iii) to read as follows:

§ 97.21 Application for a modified or renewed license.

\(a\) \* \* \*

\(3\) May apply to the FCC for renewal of the license grant for another
term in accordance with § 1.913 of this chapter. Application for renewal
of a Technician Plus Class operator/primary station license will be
processed as an application for renewal of a Technician Class
operator/primary station license.

\* \* \* \* \*

\(iii\) For a club station or military recreation station license grant
showing a call sign obtained through the sequential call sign system,
and for a club or military recreation station license grant showing a
call sign obtained through the vanity call sign system but whose grantee
does not want to have the vanity call sign reassigned to the station,
the application must be presented in document form to a Club Station
Call Sign Administrator who must submit the information thereon to the
FCC in an electronic batch file. The Club Station Call Sign
Administrator must retain the collected information for at least 15
months and make it available to the FCC upon request. RACES station
license grants will not be renewed.

\* \* \* \* \*

6.  Section 97.301 is amended by removing paragraph (f) and revising
    paragraph (e) to read as follows. The frequency tables in Section
    97.301(a), (b), (c), and (d) remain unchanged.

> § 97.301 Authorized frequency bands.

\* \* \* \* \*

\(e\) For a station having a control operator who has been granted an
operator license of Novice

Class or Technician Class and who has received credit for proficiency in
telegraphy in accordance with

the international requirements.

Wavelength ITU ITU ITU Sharing requirements

band Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 See § 97.303 Paragraph

[HF]{.underline} [MHz]{.underline} [MHz]{.underline} [MHz]{.underline}

80 m 3.675-3.725 3.675-3.725 3.675-3.725 (a)

40 m 7.050-7.075 7.10-7.15 7.050-7.075 (a)

15 m 21.10-21.20 21.10-21.20 21.10-21.20

10 m 28.10-28.50 28.10-28.50 28.10-28.50

[VHF]{.underline} [MHz]{.underline} [MHz]{.underline} [MHz]{.underline}

1.25 m \-\-- 222-225 \-\-- (a)

[UHF]{.underline} [MHz]{.underline} [MHz]{.underline} [MHz]{.underline}

23 cm 1270-1295 1270-1295 1270-1295 (h) (i)

7\. Section 97.307 is amended by revising paragraph (f) (10) to read as
follows:

§ 97.307 Emission standards.

\* \* \* \* \*

\(f\) \* \* \*

\(10\) A station having a control operator holding a Novice Class
operator license or a Technician Class operator license and who has
received credit for proficiency in telegraphy in accordance with the
international requirements may only transmit a CW emission using the
international Morse code or phone emissions J3E and R3E.

\* \* \* \* \*

8\. Section 97.313 is amended by revising paragraphs (c)(2) and (f) to
read as follows:

§ 97.313 Transmitter power standards.

\* \* \* \* \*

\(c\) \* \* \*

\(2\) The 28.1‑28.5 MHz segment when the control operator is a Novice
Class operator or a Technician Class operator who has received credit
for proficiency in telegraphy in accordance with the international
requirements; or

\* \* \* \* \*

\(f\) No station may transmit with a transmitter power exceeding 50 W
PEP on the UHF 70 cm

band from an area specified in footnote US7 to § 2.106 of Part 2, unless
expressly authorized by the

FCC after mutual agreement, on a case‑by‑case basis, between the
District Director of the applicable field

facility and the military area frequency coordinator at the applicable
military base. An Earth station or

telecommand station, however, may transmit on the 435‑438 MHz segment
with a maximum of 611 W

effective radiated power (1 kW equivalent isotropically radiated power)
without the authorization otherwise required. The transmitting antenna
elevation angle between the lower half‑power (‑3 dB relative to the

peak or antenna bore sight) point and the horizon must always be greater
than 10^o^.

\* \* \* \* \*

9\. Section 97.407 is amended by revising paragraph (b) introductory
text to read as follows:

§ 97.407 Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES).

\* \* \* \* \*

\(b\) The frequency bands and segments and emissions authorized to the
control operator are

available to stations transmitting communications in RACES on a shared
basis with the amateur service. In the event of an emergency which
necessitates the invoking of the President\'s War Emergency Powers

under the provisions of Section 706 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 606,

RACES stations and amateur stations participating in RACES may only
transmit on the following

frequency segments:

\* \* \* \* \*

10\. Section 97.501 is revised to read as follows:

§ 97.501 Qualifying for an amateur operator license.

Each applicant must pass an examination for a new amateur operator
license grant and for each

change in operator class. Each applicant for the class of operator
license grant specified below must pass,

or otherwise receive examination credit for, the following examination
elements:

\(a\) Amateur Extra Class operator: Elements 1, 2, 3, and 4;

\(b\) General Class operator: Elements 1, 2, and 3;

\(c\) Technician Class operator: Element 2.

11\. Section 97.503 is amended by removing paragraph (c) and revising
paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as follows:

§ 97.503 Element standards.

(a) A telegraphy examination must be sufficient to prove that the
    examinee has the ability to

> send correctly by hand and to receive correctly by ear texts in the
> international Morse code at not less than the prescribed speed, using
> all the letters of the alphabet, numerals 0 -9, period, comma,
> question mark, slant mark, and prosigns AR, BT, and SK.

Element 1: 5 words per minute

(b) A written examination must be such as to prove that the examinee
    possesses the

> operational and technical qualifications required to perform properly
> the duties of an amateur service licensee. Each written examination
> must be comprised of a question set as follows:

\(1\) Element 2: 35 questions concerning the privileges of a Technician
Class operator license. The minimum passing score is 26 questions
answered correctly.

\(2\) Element 3: 35 questions concerning the privileges of a General
Class operator license.

The minimum passing score is 26 questions answered correctly.

\(3\) Element 4: 50 questions concerning the privileges of an Amateur
Extra Class operator license. The minimum passing score is 37 questions
answered correctly.

12\. Section 97.505 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as
follows:

§ 97.505 Element credit.

\(a\) The administering VEs must give credit as specified below to an
examinee holding any of the following license grants or license
documents:

\(1\) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for renewal)
FCC-granted Advanced Class operator license grant: Elements 1, 2, and 3.

\(2\) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for renewal)
FCC-granted General Class operator license grant: Elements 1, 2, and 3.

\(3\) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for renewal)
FCC-granted Technician Plus Class operator (including a Technician Class
operator license granted before February 14, 1991) license grant:
Elements 1 and 2.

\(4\) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for renewal)
FCC-granted Technician Class operator license grant: Element 2.

\(5\) An expired or unexpired FCC-granted Novice Class operator license
grant: Element 1.

\(6\) A CSCE: Each element the CSCE indicates the examinee passed within
the previous 365 days.

\(7\) An unexpired (or expired less than 5 years) FCC-issued commercial
radiotelegraph operator license or permit: Element 1.

\(8\) An expired FCC-issued Technician Class operator license document
granted before March 21, 1987: Element 3.

\(9\) An expired or unexpired FCC-issued Technician Class operator
license document granted before February 14, 1991: Element 1.

\* \* \* \* \*

13\. Section 97.507 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as
follows:

§ 97.507 Preparing an examination.

\(a\) Each telegraphy message and each written question set administered
to an examinee must be

prepared by a VE holding an Amateur Extra Class operator license. A
telegraphy message or written

question set may also be prepared for the following elements by a VE
holding an operator license of the

class indicated:

\(1\) Element 3: Advanced Class operator.

(2) Elements 1 and 2: Advanced, General, or Technician (including
    Technician Plus) Class

operators.

\* \* \* \* \*

14\. Section 97.509 amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (b)(3) to
read as follows:

§ 97.509 Administering VE requirements.

\(a\) Each examination for an amateur operator license must be
administered by a team of at least

3 VEs at an examination session coordinated by a VEC. Before the
session, the administering VEs or the

VE session manager must ensure that a public announcement is made giving
the location and time of the

session. The number of examinees at the session may be limited.

\(b\) \* \* \*

\(3\) Be a person who holds an amateur operator license of the class
specified below:

\(i\) Amateur Extra, Advanced or General Class in order to administer a
Technician Class operator

license examination;

\(ii\) Amateur Extra or Advanced Class in order to administer a General
Class operator license

examination;

\(iii\) Amateur Extra Class in order to administer an Amateur Extra
Class operator

license examination.

\* \* \* \* \*

[^1]: *See* 1998 Biennial Regulatory Review \-- Amendment of Part 97 of
    the Commission\'s Amateur Service Rules*, Report and Order*, WT
    Docket No. 98-143, 15 FCC Rcd 315 (2000).

[^2]: *See* 65 Fed. Reg. 6548 (2000).