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- The following text is from an information package which is
- available from the ARRL/VEC. Certain non-ASCII FCC Forms
- referenced in this text can be requested by mail from the
- ARRL/VEC, 225 Main St, Newington CT 06111.
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- TO: Handicapped/disabled applicants seeking exemption for the
- Amateur Radio 13 or 20 words-per-minute Morse code examination
- requirements as permitted by FCC Rules Section 97.505(a)(5)(i)(ii):
-
- Dear applicant:
-
- It is the intent of the FCC's allowance for exemption/credit
- of the FCC's Morse code examination requirement for the General,
- Advanced or Amateur Extra class license, that you are permitted to
- apply for exemption/credit if you are not able to pass the 13 or
- 20 WPM Morse code examination due to the severity of your handicap
- or disability. The FCC will not exempt you from the initial 5 WPM
- Morse code requirement, however.
- To begin, the FCC provides guidance to you and your Physician
- within the enclosed FCC Fact Sheet. This information is also
- included in the Form 610 instructions.
- Taking the FCCs guidance into account in considering the
- exemption/credit option, we hope that you have at least attempted
- to pass the examination using the new, more flexible, examination
- procedures announced by the FCC, which include:
-
- ACCOMMODATIONS
-
- 1. Where warranted, we may now offer you a sending test (instead
- of a receiving test).
-
- 2. Where warranted, we may pause the tape for you to allow you to
- SPEAK OUT what you have copied. Or, we can allow you the necessary time
- to write down what you have copied by pausing the tape after
- PHRASES/SENTENCES; or in GROUPS OF WORDS; or by INDIVIDUAL WORD,
- or in extreme cases where warranted LETTER-BY-LETTER.
-
- In most cases, the above flexibility will allow you to pass
- the Morse code examination on your own--therefore not requiring an
- exemption of the Morse code requirement because these procedures
- may have accommodated your severe handicap or disability.
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- EXEMPTIONS
-
- The FCC's new Form 610 includes the FCC-required PHYSICIAN'S
- CERTIFICATION OF DISABILITY and PATIENT'S RELEASE. After it is
- completed, you must bring the 610 form directly to a VEC-
- accredited VE Team (this may be the team who is administering your
- written exam[s]). As required by the FCC, you must currently hold
- at least a Novice license, or a license which conveys credit for
- having passed a Morse code examination element, and you must
- already have earned credit for the necessary written exams for
- either the Technician (Element 3A) plus the General (Element 3B),
- Advanced (Element 4A) or Amateur Extra class (Element 4B).
- In order for your FCC Form 610 with PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATION
- to be accepted for exemption/credit by a VE Team, we recommend
- that you review the following check list to ensure that your
- application will be acceptable.
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- * The FCC Form 610 with Doctor's Certification must be completed
- by both your Physician as well as by you.
-
- * The completed PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATION (made by Medical Doctors
- or Doctors of Osteopathy licensed to practice in the U.S., only!)
- contains an original Physician's signature in original penmanship.
- The signature is not a signature stamp. * As of August 1, 1992 all
- certifications presented to VE Teams for 13 or 20 WPM Morse code
- exemption must be made on the 610 form (this form carries a
- release date of March 1992). * You already hold, or intend to take
- at the session, the necessary written elements required toward an upgrade.
-
- If your FCC Form 610 with PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATION meets the
- above requirements, then your request must be presented to an
- ARRL/VEC VE Team with a check or money order in the amount of
- $5.40 for 1992 (our standard processing fee). Only VEC-accredited
- VE Teams may process your request because they must provide you
- with a CSCE indicating that you have been given Element 1C
- exemption/credit for presenting your correctly-completed
- application, and they must sign the Form 610 application.
- If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the
- ARRL/VEC. The number is: (203)-666-1541. Our address is:
- ARRL/VEC, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
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