[Elecraft] US 60 Meter Band Changes Approved by FCC - CW Issues [END of Thread]

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Folks - We are well past the posting limit for a single topic. Let's end 
the thread for now.

73, Eric
Elecraft List Moderator

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On 11/21/2011 8:36 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> The stated objective for permission to use the 60-meter channels was not to
> acquire more spectrum for casual operating. It was to provide communications
> frequencies between 80 and 40 meters needed by the various emergency nets,
> particularly the hurricane nets in the southeast, who often found the skip
> too long on 40 and too short on 80.
>
> Of course casual operation is perfectly okay as long as the channel isn't
> being used by an emergency net or the primary holder of the allocation.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>