the fcc dropped the morse code requirement on february 23, 2007.
the fcc dropped the morse code requirement on february 23, 2007.
when did the fcc drop the morse code requirement?
february 23 , 2007
with this change of international rules, the fcc announced on december 15, 2006 that it intended to adopt rule changes which would eliminate the morse code requirement for amateur operator licenses. shortly thereafter, the effective date of the new rules was announced as february 23, 2007. after that date, the fcc immediately granted the former technician plus privileges to all technician class operators, consolidating the class into a single set of rules.









































following the change in requirements, the arrl reported a significant increase in the number of applications for licensing.









































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amateur radio licensing in the united states
bullet::::- the novice class operator license was for persons who had passed a 5 word per minute (wpm) morse code examination and a basic theory exam. after the 1987 restructuring, privileges included four bands in the hf range (3–30 mhz), one band in the vhf range (30–300 mhz), and one band in the uhf range (300–3,000 mhz). this class was deprecated by the restructuring in 2000. novice operators gained morse code only privileges in the entire morse code and data only segments of the general class portions of 80, 40, 15 and data and morse code in the general section of 10 meters in 2007 just prior to the end of the morse code requirement.
amateur radio licensing in the united states