It is a new 80 meter ball game for USA hams on 15 December 2006. Things_will_change. You can bet on it.
Some operators may try to cling to old ways for a while, but it will become very evident soon: The old calling frequencies and old habits are neither appropriate nor advantageous for the new USA subband at 3500-3600kHz after December 15th. The new 80m band will be crowded with signals. We all must learn to share the valuable spectrum in new ways. Many of the CW nets, CW traffic networks, and data traffic networks that previously existed harmoniously for many years above 3600kHz are now moving below 3600kHz. These nets are all lined up to be jam packed in the top 40kHz of the new subband. The purpose of this post here on "digitalradio group" is to talk about the new calling and CQ frequencies on the new 80 meter USA data band, for the various digital keyboarding modes that we use. I am appealing to all for a higher level of discourse, and asking that this not be turned into a debate or soapbox on the virtues of manual, semi-automatic, or automatic operation. Hams don't own 80m frequencies. Neither special nets nor W1AW have reserved frequencies in the 80m band. What we do have, is communication, cooperation, coordination, resourcefulness, tradition, inventiveness, friendship, and courtesy. Those noble qualities form the strength of our ability to communicate. 73---Bonnie KQ6XA ================================================= 80 meter Bandplan 2007 for USA: ================================================= 3500-3540 = CW 3540-3560 = Any Mode, 500Hz Bandwidth 3560-3600 = Any Mode ================================================= ========================================================= New 80 meter Digital Keyboarding Calling Frequencies USA: ========================================================= PSK31 = 3545kHz USB (3545.3-3548.0 kHz) QPSK31/PSK63/125 = 3547kHz USB (3547.3-3550.0 kHz) MFSK = 3548kHz USB (3548.3-3551.0 kHz) OLIVIA500 = 3549kHz USB (3549.3-3553.0 kHz) CONTESTIA/DOMINO, etc = 3550kHz USB (3550.3-3554.0 kHz) HELL/FMHELL = 3552kHz USB (3552.3-3555 kHz) RTTY/FSK = 3555+ (3555.3-3565 kHz) PAX/MT63/OLIVIA1000 = 3560kHz USB (3560.5-3563) ========================================================== .
