[Icom] Fwd: ARLB038 New 60-meter band becomes available July 3

Tue, 03 Jun 2003 18:47:27 -0400

>Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 16:26:59 -0400
>From: ARRL Web site <[email protected]>
>Subject: ARLB038 New 60-meter band becomes available July 3
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>SB QST @ ARL $ARLB038
>ARLB038 New 60-meter band becomes available July 3
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>ARRL Bulletin 38  ARLB038
> From ARRL Headquarters
>Newington CT  June 3, 2003
>To all radio amateurs
>
>SB QST ARL ARLB038
>ARLB038 New 60-meter band becomes available July 3
>
>The new five-channel 60-meter domestic secondary amateur allocation
>becomes available to US Amateur Radio operators at midnight local
>time on July 3. The FCC Report and Order granting the allocation was
>published June 3 in the Federal Register. Federal government users
>are primary in the 5 MHz band.
>
>The FCC has granted amateurs use of five 2.8 kHz-wide channels with
>center frequencies of 5332, 5348, 5368, 5373 and 5405 kHz. The
>channels will be available to General and higher class licensees.
>The only permitted mode will be upper-sideband USB phone, and 50 W
>ERP is the maximum power allowed.
>
>Users of the 60-meter channels should set their carrier frequency
>1.5 kHz lower than the channel center frequency. ARRL suggests
>restricting transmitted audio bandwidth to 200 Hz on the low end and
>2800 Hz on the high end for a total bandwidth of 2.6 kHz. ARRL
>recommends that amateurs considering modifying existing amateur
>equipment for operation on 60 meters contact the equipment's
>manufacturer for advice.
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