parnass@ihuxf.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (04/09/84)
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NABER INITIATES TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION PROGRAM,
CURRENT FCC LICENSE HOLDERS TO BE GRANDFATHERED
This information from the National Association of Business
and Educational Radio (NABER) will be of interest to holders
of FCC Commercial Radiotelephone Operators Licenses:
"The FCC voted in its February 24, 1984, meeting to
eliminate the license requirement for technicians
installing, repairing, and maintaining radio transmit-
ters in the Private Land Mobile, Fixed, and Personal
Radio Services (General Docket 83-322). The FCC's
Field Operations Bureau, however, did state that the
Commission now 'strongly endorses and encourages' the
establishment of a program or programs to ensure that
maintenance, installation, and repair are performed
only by certified technicians."
"....This is why NABER has developed a Technician Cer-
tification Program."
"....NABER is presently offering an Exemption Program
for Charter Participants which will allow those persons
who currently hold a valid General Radiotelephone
Operator, First-Class, or Second-Class License to be
'grandfathered' into the NABER Technician Certification
Program with a waiver of the examination requirement.
The deadline for the Exemption Program is Aril 30,
1983...." (now July 30, 1984 - bp.)
There is a $10 fee, which will help to cover the certificate
printing (with a calligraphied name) and verification card.
More information and an application form are available from:
NABER
1330 New Hampshire Ave. NW
P.O. Box 19164
Washington, DC 20036
tel (202)887-0920
I'm not endorsing this program, but I mailed in my check for
$10 today.
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Bob Parnass, AT&T Bell Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxf!parnass - (312)979-5760