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Larry wrote:
60 Meters Ham Channels -
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/reg....html#thirteen
General Class licensed boating hams should install these new "channels"
into their opened-up marine radios and go read the ARRL's comments about
their operation. 5 Mhz is a great band to operate, especially at night
at sea. Power limit also favors your boat because it was limited to 50
watts ERP (Effective Radiated Power). Any untuned boat antenna with the
awful lossy tuner and a 150 watt transmitter is in NO danger of going
over 50W ERP. ONLY USB voice is permitted...no CW, no data, no Pactor
email, no 10KW rich guy with the 800' tower and massive antenna arrays
and ham radio is SECONDARY to the government's use of these channels,
which I doubt government will ever use again, except in emergencies when
they'll want all those hams using them to help out...the reason they
allowed us to use them. Being ham frequencies, you don't need a guilt
trip chatting with the "Lazy B" about the last party on some controlled
marine channel with someone bitching at you to shut up.
Being channelized, marine radios are perfect for USB operation on these
channels. 60 meters should really make a nice boat ham radio
frequency....for a marine net or just a bunch of friends who want to
talk.....(c;
Larry
Just a note here..... As Larry Has mentioned 60 Meters is a very
effective frequency for Maritime Mobile Stations in the Ham Radio
Community.
We, up here in Alaska, are very familiar with this Band, as we have had
a Statewide Emergency Calling, and Safety, Frequency (5167.5Khz USB) in
this band for a number of Years. This was implimented from the Alaska
Private Fixed Radio Service, that for years, was the way we alaskans
communicated from the bush to the towns and cities. We still have a
Working Frequency (5164.5 Khz USB) in this band as well as a pile of
2Mhz, 3Mhz, 8Mhz, and 10Mhz Frequencies, that are mostly abandoned
in this day of CellPhones and SAT based Telco Links. The 60 Meter Band
typically has good coverage in Daytime for around 200 - 300 miles,
and at night we cover the whole State, Sunspots may be required.....
Bruce in alaska
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