[KYHAM] 60-meter band becomes available July 3

[Ron Dodson]

This is a band that will require a good deal of diligence on
the part of the user to make sure we don't blow it and loose
it before we get a good start to use it.  Bandwidth,
frequency tolerance/accuracy, power and antenna restrictions
will make this band a much more tedious operation than any
other band we have, not to mention that fact that only 5
exact frequency channels are opening for our use!

73, 
Ron

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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