Maybe not in your part of the country, but 146.42, 147.42, 147.48 are standards according to the ancient ARRL band plan.
The ARRL band plan has 146.40-146.58 and 147.42-147.57 listed as Simplex. The primary simplex channels are the 30 kHz channels with 15 kHz splinter channels available. 146.40, .43, .46, .49, .52, .55, .58 and 147.42, .45, .48, .51, .54, .57 are the primary simplex channels and 146.415, .445, .475, .505, .535, .565 and 147.435, .465, .495, .525, .555 are the splinter channels SERA plans fits into the existing plan like a bull in a china shop. Oh, and SERA changed the simplex channels without telling the simplex users to move! Ed WA4YIH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bruce mallon Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ARRL Field Day Rules - 145.67 simplex NONE of them are on KNOWN FM SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES [http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/33.gif] In the southeast, we have specific digital simplex frequencies coordinated as so by SERA. Please use them and not frequencies coordinated as packet. FM digital simplex on 2m are: 146.420, 146.440, 146.460, 146.480, 147.420, 147.440, 147.460, 147.480 For 440 use these: 440.9125, 440.9250, 440.9375, 440.9500, 440.9625, 440.9750, 440.9875, 441.0000, 441.0125, 441.0250, 441.0375, 441.0500, 441.0625, 441.0750, 441.0875, 441.1000, 441.1125, 441.1250, 441.1375, 441.1500, 441.1625, 441.1750 For other areas contact you band plan coordinator (and not a mailing list).
