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

[n5ge at n5ge.com]

That being the original intent, the FCC should have made the allocation like The
Alaskan Emergency Frequency allocation.

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:36:55 -0800, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz> 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. 
>
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