[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR97.9]



[Page 573-574]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  97.9  Operator license grant.



    (a) The classes of amateur operator license grants are: Novice, 

Technician, Technician Plus (until such licenses



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expire, a Technical Class license granted before February 14, 1991, is 

considered a Technician Plus Class license), General, Advanced, and 

Amateur Extra. The person named in the operator license grant is 

authorized to be the control operator of an amateur station with the 

privileges authorized to the operator class specified on the license 

grant.

    (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.



[63 FR 68978, Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 6549, Feb. 10, 2000]