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[CQ-Contest] Clarification on the Effective date of the new FCCrules

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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Clarification on the Effective date of the new FCCrules
From: "Henderson, Dan N1ND" <dhenderson@arrl.org>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:18:40 -0400
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Don't hold your breath anticipating that the new rules will be in effect for 
ARRL Sweepstakes.
 
It can take anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of months before changes 
appear in the Federal Register.  In the case of the changes to Part 97 in the 
Report and Order on Docket 04-140, there are some errors that are being noted 
between what the FCC apparently intends to do and how those changes have been 
implemented in the re-writes to the rules.  Several parties in the ARRL, 
including Board, staff and counsel, are looking at these and will be in touch 
with the FCC to address these problems/errors.  This doesn't mean that it might 
not appear in the Federal Resgister shortly, but it is also likely that it may 
take anywhere from 60-90 days before they go into effect.  
 
They definitely will not be in effect before CQWW Phone weekend or Sweepstakes 
CW.  It is a long-shot that they will be in effect for Sweepstakes Phone.  It 
is a crapshoot that they will be in effect for CQWW CQ.  I think a realistic 
estimate is that they will be in place by the end of December or early January 
- again, depending on the significance and number of correction that have to 
take place.
 
 
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