[Elecraft] Anyone try 60 meters yet?

[Wayne Burdick]

Has anyone been on the new 60 m band yet? If so, which of the five discrete
channels did you find to be the most popular as a ham calling frequency? 

I have one of my K2s modified for use on 60 meters, as described on our web site
(http://www.elecraft.com/Apps/k2on60.htm). (We're still planning to offer a 60-m
adapter later this year, but I can't give you a date yet.) I have yet to make a
QSO, though, as I was on vacation most of the past two weeks. 

In case you missed it, the August QST includes an excellent FAQ about 60 meters
starting on page 44. Two important takeaways from this article: (1) calling CQ
seems to be discouraged (which *is* discouraging), and (2) the five discrete
channels allocated for ham use are "channel-centers," not USB suppressed-carrier
frequencies. They provided a list of the five actual carrier frequencies you'd
want to tune your ham transceiver to (1.5 kHz below each channel center frequency):

    5330.5, 5346.5, 5366.5, 5371.5, and 5403.5 kHz

As for calling CQ, I gather that there's no *official* prohibition on this--it's
probably OK, used sparingly. Lacking that as a means for making QSOs, I guess
we'd be left with pre-arranging 60-m QSOs on other bands or via phone or e-mail.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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