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CHANGES TO AMATEUR 60M BAND

New 60 meter band 5MHz Channel List:

General, Advanced, or Amateur Extra Class license only.

Suppressed Carrier VFO Dial freq

5330.5 kHz USB (center of channel = 5332.0)

5346.5 kHz USB (center of channel = 5348.0)

5357.0 kHz USB (center of channel = 5358.5) New!

5371.5 kHz USB (center of channel = 5373.0)

5403.5 kHz USB (center of channel = 5405.0) Note:

FCC deleted the channel at 5366.5 USB (center=5368.0) and "replaced" it with channel 5357.0 kHz USB (center=5358.5)

The maximum allowed power level is now 100 Watts PEP (ERP) effective radiated power referenced to a dipole. If another type of antenna is used, the station licensee must maintain a record of either the antenna manufacturer’s data on the antenna gain or calculations of the antenna gain.

Upper SideBand Phone, Data, or RTTY transmissions may use dial (VFO) USB suppressed carrier frequency at 1.5kHz below the center of the channel.

Transmissions must not exceed the 2.8kHz bandwidth channel. RTTY modes such as PSK31 must not exceed 60Hz necessary bandwidth. Data modes must not exceed 2.8kHz bandwidth. CW bandwidth must not exceed 150Hz bandwidth and the CW frequency should be at the center of the channel.

Data stations operating under section § 97.221 automatically controlled digital station, are not allowed on these 5MHz channels.

For Full Details: http://www.fcc.gov/document/amateur-radio-service-5-mhz

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