12/19/2025
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in October 2025 adopted a Report and Order to delete almost 400 obsolete rules pertaining to its wireless services. As previously reported by ARRL[1], among the deletions were four in Part 97 that govern the Amateur Radio Service.
ARRL reports that the notice of the Report and Order has now been published in the Federal Register[2]. Unless an objection is raised by January 2 that the Commission finds to deserve its consideration, the following four Part 97 provisions will be deleted as of February 10, 2026:
o ¨ 97.27. This provision is duplicative of a statutory provision related to the FCC's right to modify station licenses.
o ¨ 97.29. This provision specified an obsolete procedure to replace paper licenses. ARRL proposed deleting this section in comments filed earlier this year.
o ¨ 97.315 (b)(2). This obsolete provision grandfathered HF amplifiers purchased before April 28, 1978 by an amateur radio operator for use at that operator's station, and grandfathered those manufactured before April 28, 1978, for which a marketing waiver was issued.
4. ¨ 97.521(b) and Appendix 2. This rule and appendix relate to obsolete VEC regions.
[1]
https://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-announces-intent-to-delete-minor-part-97-provisionshave
[2]
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/12/2025-22633/delete-delete-delete-removal-of-obsolete-regulations
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