SB QST @ ARL $ARLB011   
   ARLB011 NCVEC Deletes Question from Amateur Extra Question Pool   
      
   ZCZC AG11   
   QST de W1AW     
   ARRL Bulletin 11  ARLB011   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  March 29, 2011   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
   SB QST ARL ARLB011   
   ARLB011 NCVEC Deletes Question from Amateur Extra Question Pool   
      
   Due to the FCC revising the rules concerning Spread Spectrum, the   
   Question Pool Committee of the National Council of Volunteer   
   Examiner Coordinator (NCVEC) has decided to delete a question from   
   the Amateur Extra class question pool. According to QPC Chairman Rol   
   Anders, K3RA, when the Spread Spectrum rule change goes into effect,   
   the answer to question E1F13 in the Amateur Extra class question   
   pool will no longer be correct.   
      
   In March 2011, the FCC -- acting upon a 2006 Petition for Rulemaking   
   filed by the ARRL -- eliminated the requirement that amateur   
   stations transmitting Spread Spectrum use Automatic Power Control   
   (APC) to reduce transmitter power. At the same time, the Commission   
   reduced the maximum power of a Spread Spectrum emission from 100 to   
   10 W PEP.   
      
   Anders encouraged those who administer Amateur Radio license exams   
   to remove question E1F13 as soon as possible, but advised that it   
   must be removed when the rules change goes into effect. The changes   
   to Sections 97.311 and 97.313 of the Commission's Rules will be   
   effective 30 days after the Report and Order is published in the   
   Federal Register. The current Amateur Extra class question pool is   
   effective through June 30, 2012.   
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