Giving an extended try to 60 m tomorrow on HB/BL-013

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Hi Ed,

@DD5LP

Importantly there are no “sections” in the WRC15 60m band

My use of the term section was wrt the RSGB diagram I previously mentioned where the author has divided the WRC-15 allocation into 2 red, 2 orange and 1 yellow ‘sections’ for easy comparison with the UK bandplan.

@DD5LP

The bit in between these two sections is not segmented and in fact it is available for all modes to use so that CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 can all use this part of the band.

Yeah, the orange sections in the RSGB diagram - that’s exactly what I meant when I said ‘any mode’

@DD5LP

It’s not gentlemanly to run the modes who have their own sections, in the “common area” though

I don’t have a strong opinion there as the band is currently under used except to agree with the bandplan that UKs having inter-G QSOs should not use the WRC-15 frequencies whatever their modes. But, if the WRC-15 guys want to QSO with the UK they can, should and are fully entitled to use the ‘any modes’ parts of the WRC-15 allocation.

@DD5LP

If the middle part of the band had been defined as “SSB only”,

That’s an “If”. Don’t think that’s stated anywhere in the WRC-15 definition. Given the narrow overlaps, we should avoid “my mode only” suggestions.

@DD5LP

By the way, France is about to get the WRC15 60m band - so there should be some cross-channel SOTA contacts on 60m very soon

A snail could have moved faster than the French bureaucrats on this. It must be very frustrating for French amateurs and I look forward to the day we can QSO with them.

No 60 m in France

I understand the French authority responding to criticism, suggested that radio amateurs be patient by quoting from a famous French poem: “Patience et longueur de temps. Font plus que force ni que rage.”

No 60 m in France

“Patience and the fullness of time, do more than force or fury.”