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Z   3|x HP LaserJet 4Si lpt2tional)HPLA4SAD.PRSx  @\X,RX@CourierCourier Bold2 X` AT<?xxx,>Fx6X@`7X@?xxx,x `7X<R&HHH,d,H6X@`7h@           2  }   } $//MO&O,New amateurs,PR Dck 93267,FCC 95165//$ $/1.425 Commission action/$  ?X<    }   ? <  } ///newjob/// $///FCC 95165,4/27/95///$ }  'Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FCC 95165 LWashington, D. C. 20554  ?` < In the Matter of ) ) Amendment of the Amateur Service ) PR Docket No. 93267 Rules to Extend Temporary ) RM8288 Operating Authority to New ) Amateur Operators. )  ?<\  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ă  ?< (Proceeding Terminated) ă  ?< Adopted: April 19, 1995 Released: May 2, }   } 1995  ?< By the Commission:  ?<,  I. INTRODUCTION ă  ?X<x1. In the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (Notice)@Xu ?<ԍ 8 FCC Rcd 7916 (1993).@ in this proceeding, we proposed to amend the Commission's rules to provide temporary operating authority to a person who passes the  ?<examination for a new amateur operator license. For the reasons  ?x<given herein, this Memorandum Opinion and Order terminates the proceeding.  ?!<h II. BACKGROUND ă x2. An amateur operator who has passed the required examination, and who has submitted an application to the volunteer examiners (VEs) for a higher class of operator license, is authorized to operate his or her station using the greater privileges immediately. A Certificate of Successful Completion (CSCE) is the visible evidence of the examinee's operating"'X0*0*0*." authority until receipt of the license document. There is no"'X0*0*0*." comparable procedure for a successful examinee who does not"'X0*0*0*." already hold a license. To remedy this situation, the Western"'X0*0*0*." Carolina Amateur Radio Society/VEC, Inc. (Wescars) filed a"'X0*0*0*." petition for rule making (RM8288). That petition provided the"'X0*0*0*." impetus for our proposal in this proceeding."'X0*0*0*."Ԍ"'X0*0*0*."Ԍ  ?A,8 III. DISCUSSION ă  ? 43. The commenters generally oppose the concept of a temporary operating authority for new amateur operators because they fear that it will be abused by persons who would fabricate false call signs and operate without any license. This is in direct contrast to those upgrading, as they already have an FCCissued call sign. In addition, the commenters assert that the > waiting period before receiving a license is not too long and affords a new licensee the opportunity to observe how to  ?` 4communicate in the amateur service.`  ? 4ԍ See, for example, comments of Anthony Pelliccio at 1, Richard J. Kuster at 1, and James R. Bridgers at 1. In its comments, The American Radio Relay League, Inc. (ARRL) noted that electronic filing would save application processing time because the  ? 4volunteerexaminer coordinators (VECs)B  ?h4ԍ There are eighteen VECs that coordinate the work of some 30,000 VEs who prepare and administer examinations for new and upgraded amateur operator licenses. As part of this process, the VECs receive and screen the application forms from the VEs and forward them to the Commission.B would enter the data from the applications they receive into an electronic format that can be sent at high speed over telephone lines to the Commission's processing facility. No manual reentering of data by the Commission's staff would be required. Because a license could be received in a relatively short time, less than two weeks, ARRL  ?h4sees no need for a temporary license procedure.Fh ?4ԍ Comments of ARRL at 7 and 8.F 4. A number of other commenters also recommend that the Commission introduce electronic filing into the licensing  ?4process.`  ?x4ԍ See comments of Frank Pitman, Jr. at 1, Michael Kelly at 1, Douglas Cohen at 1, and Edwin Beach at 1. In an Order dated October 17, 1994,@  ? 4ԍ 9 FCC Rcd 6111 (1994).@ the Commission, by the Chief, Private Radio Bureau, amended the amateur service rules to permit electronic filing by the VECs. Electronic filing has now been implemented on a voluntary basis by the VECs that handle ninetyfive percent of the amateur service applications. It is significantly reducing the time required to receive and process applications for new amateur operator licenses. Time is conserved because there is no need for manual reentry of the data  ?4at our licensing facility. Finally, authorization to operate the amateur station now commences when our license processing facility grants the license by entering the appropriate data in  ? 4the amateur service licensee data base. These procedures often " H 0*0*0*"  ?< allow a new amateur operator to begin operating an amateur  ?<station within a few days after the elect /[ ronicallyfiled data is  ?X<received by the  /[ Commission. /[   ?< 5. Accordingly,  /[ we conclude that /[  the implementation of  ?<electronic filing of applications /[  /[by the C has made the proposed temporary  ?x<operating authority unnecessary. Therefore, we decline to  ?@<implement a temporary operating authority. /[%   /[%a  )/[%s requested by the petitioner)  /[%.   ?<  IV. ORDERING CLAUSES ă  xx- X  ?( < 6. For the reasons given herein, and pursuant to the authority contained in 47 U.S.C  154(i), this proceeding IS TERMINATED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION William F. Caton  ?0< Acting Secretary  ?<