Current Technician Privileges?

[MaverickNH]

I’m looking for an up-to-date chart of Technician privileges - does anyone have a link?

ARRL has a 2020 final recommended band plan with a bunch of new Technician privileges but I can’t quite find what’s implemented today.

http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ODV/Second%20Board%20Meeting%20July%202020/Doc%2025A%20Band%20Plan%20Final-1b.pdf

The last chart I can find is from 2012 https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Tech Band Chart/Tech Band Chart.pdf

 

[breslau]

This page has band plans in several formats. The revision dates are 2017 except the vertical format which is 2020.

Graphical Frequency Allocations

 

[MaverickNH]

Thanks. Elsewhere, I’m told still waiting on FCC wrt the 2020 ARRL recommendations…that’s government for you!

 

[ToddDubya]

Wow, I hadn't heard all that. I'm not sure where I land on having another set of privileges on the HF bands. It's bad enough having General and Extra with different privileges, but adding a third set seems kind of ridiculous. Although I do like that we uber nerds have our special areas where lowly generals dare not venture

Maybe this is just a step toward eliminating a class, but it almost makes it so people won't bother upgrading. I always thought of the class system being a way to encourage people to learn more and progress. But I'm also anti-license, hence my conflict.

Interesting breakdown of licenses...

Approximate Breakdown
Novice: 6k
Tech: 390k
Advanced: 34k
General: 190k
Extra: 155k

FCC License Counts

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