<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
when did the fcc drop the morse code requirement
when did the fcc drop the morse code requirement
February 23 , 2007
February 23 , 2007