Choice of frequency on 60M

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then shortly afterwards he QSY’d to 5354 (now successful chase)

Chased by you, Andrew?

If you called him back on USB then your output would have been completely within the 5354.0-5358.0 UK sub-band. Or, if you worked him CW split frequency with you on, say 5354.5 [my favourite 60m frequency], that would be fine too. But if you used 5354.0 CW half of your output would be out of [sub]band.

I’ve been requesting WRC-15 EU stations to use the overlap with UK for some time. There is now more activity recently in the overlap section but not probably coz they read the SOTA reflector but because it’s getting busier.

A plea to 60m CW activators (plus comments on 60m in general WRC <> UK comms)

Hi, For those of you who have the WRC-15 allocation on 60m, may I ask you to consider CW activation on frequencies that overlap with the UK sub-bands (unless of course you have a good reason not to). I’ve recently listened to SOTA activators calling CQ on 5354.0 and it’s frustrating knowing that I can’t chase them (as that frequency is on the edge of a UK sub-band). And legally I can’t reply to ask them to QSY up a bit. I’ve heard EU activators on 5355.0 and I activate on 5354.5 - I know I can…

73 Andy