47 CFR § 97.501 - Qualifying for an amateur operator license.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s97.501"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 97.501 - Qualifying for an amateur operator license."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "97.501"
section_name: "Qualifying for an amateur operator license."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES"
part_number: "97"
part_name: "AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "97"
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# 97.501 Qualifying for an amateur operator license.
Each applicant must pass an examination for a new amateur operator license grant and for each change in operator class. Each applicant for the class of operator license grant specified below must pass, or otherwise receive examination credit for, the following examination elements:
(a) Amateur Extra Class operator: Elements 2, 3, and 4;
(b) General Class operator: Elements 2 and 3;
(c) Technician Class operator: Element 2.
[65 FR 6550, Feb. 10, 2000, as amended at 72 FR 3082, Jan. 24, 2007]