I was responding to Scott but I will include my response to you too Chris: Scott: Correct. According to guidance on page 58, 97.313 (i) the new continuous frequency span 5.3515 - 5.3665 MHz does have max 9.15W ERP, with 100W ERP on the original 4 remaining channels.
"(i) 60 m band power requirements: No station may transmit on the frequencies 5.332, 5.348, 5.373, and 5.405 MHz in the 60 m band with a radiated power exceeding 100 W ERP. No station may transmit in the 5.3515-5.3665 MHz band with a radiated power exceeding 9.15 W ERP. For the purpose of computing ERP, the transmitter PEP will be multiplied by the antenna gain relative to a half-wave dipole antenna. A half-wave dipole antenna will be presumed to have a gain of 1 (0 dBd). Licensees using other antennas must maintain in their station records either the antenna manufacturer's data on the antenna gain or calculations of the antenna gain." Chris: You bring up a good point. These documents are quick to surface and get around at blazing speeds, but they aren't clear on effective date. "G. 29. Report to Congress The Commission will send a copy of the Report and Order, including this FRFA, in a report to Congress pursuant to the Congressional Review Act.85 In addition, the Commission will send a copy of the Report and Order, including this FRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA. A copy of the Report and Order, and FRFA (or summaries thereof) will also be published in the Federal Register."; Page 86. 73/Chris From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chris Boone via BVARC Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2025 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Chris Boone <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] changes to the 60M band As you would expect, the new rules will only be effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. But reports already are surfacing of hams transmitting in the new band (i.e., off the current channel of 5358.5 kHz). Compliance is especially important because the Commission is allowing us to come back with a better case for allowing 100 watts (instead of 9.5 watts) ERP in the new 5351.5-5366.5 new band. We don't want our federal opponents in this matter to be able to document cases of amateur non-compliance by showing up in the new band before permitted. Chris WB5ITT Trustee W5APX WRXZ789 GMRS Society of Broadcast Engineers Vice Chairman and Frequency Coordinator, SBE134 SE TX and SW LA On Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 12:55:26 PM CST, Scott Little via BVARC <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On 12/11/25 13:40, Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: This is Gen,Adv, Extra; allocated for Phone (LSB), RTTY, Data; 2.8kHz max bandwidth. And I believe the secondary basis and power limitations still apply, but again, see the official document in the link above to cover anything I missed. I believe that the power limit in the non-channelized band is much lower, 9.15W ERP (Paragraph 43, Power), so QRP only. Scott KI5WLJ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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