SB QST @ ARL $ARLB079 ARLB079 Comment date for IARP ZCZC AG46 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 79 ARLB079 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 11, 1995 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB079 ARLB079 Comment date for IARP The Federal Communications Commission has assigned RM-8677 to an ARRL petition for rule making, to implement US participation in an ''International Amateur Radio Permit'' covering countries in the Western Hemisphere. The comment deadline on this matter is August 31, 1995, and the reply comment deadline is September 15, 1995. The IARP would allow, in conjunction with an amateur's home-country license, temporary operation in any other country in the Americas that has signed the agreement. The IARP, the League said, would eliminate paperwork for both the FCC and for US, as well as foreign, licensed amateurs. Countries signing the agreement will not be allowed to levy a fee or tax on a visiting IARP-holder. IARPs would be issued in two categories: Class 1 (in the US, Amateur Extra Class privileges), and Class 2 (Technician class privileges). NNNN /EX