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   ARLB008 FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio Licenses   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 8  ARLB008   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  February 24, 2016   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
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   ARLB008 FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio Licenses   
      
   The FCC is seeking comments on a Petition for Rule Making (RM 11760 -   
   available on the web at, http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=60001333714   
   ) that asks the FCC to grant lifetime Amateur Radio licenses. Mark F. Krotz,   
   N7MK, of Mesa, Arizona, filed his request with the FCC last November. He wants   
   the FCC to revise Part 97.25 of its rules to indicate that Amateur Radio   
   licenses are granted for the holder's lifetime, instead of for the current 10   
   year term. Krotz noted that the General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL)   
   already is issued on a lifetime basis, and he maintained that not having to   
   renew licenses would lighten the FCC's workload.   
      
   "It would be mutually beneficial for the FCC and Amateur Radio operators to   
   update Part 97 to grant operator licenses for lifetime, Krotz said in his   
   filing. "The FCC would benefit by reducing administrative costs."   
      
   In 2014 the FCC granted lifetime credit for examination elements 3 and 4, but   
   applicants seeking relicensing under that provision still must pass   
   examination element 2.   
      
   Individuals may submit comments (http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/procee   
   ing/view?name=RM-11760) via the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS).   
      
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