[Elecraft] Anyone try 60 meters yet?

Wed Jul 23 03:59:00 2003

Wayne asked
> 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 modified my K2 for 60m at the weekend as per your mods published in SPRAT
except that I used a diode switch to increase the VCO capacitor from a
switch on the rear. This saved drilling a hole in the botton of the cabinet.
Results so far very good. Some fine reorts up ad down the UK despite high
static levels. Nothing heard yet from the US. Its a very good band - useable
when 7mhz is long skip and 3.5 dead.
73
John Petters
Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ
www.traditional-jazz.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Burdick" <[email protected]>
To: "Elecraft" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:52 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Anyone try 60 meters yet?


> 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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