That being the original intent, the FCC should have made the allocation like The Alaskan Emergency Frequency allocation.
73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:36:55 -0800, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[email protected]> wrote: >The stated objective for permission to use the 60-meter channels was not to >acquire more spectrum for casual operating. It was to provide communications >frequencies between 80 and 40 meters needed by the various emergency nets, >particularly the hurricane nets in the southeast, who often found the skip >too long on 40 and too short on 80. > >Of course casual operation is perfectly okay as long as the channel isn't >being used by an emergency net or the primary holder of the allocation. > [snip] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

