[GreenKeys] 60 Meters now open to RTTY on USB

[Larry Tighe]

This might be a nice opening for RTTY.  60 Meters is 5 specific channels 
limited to now, 100 watts.
To date, it's been fone only and very much a "gentlemen's band".  Very 
curtious operators and
they limit their use time of a given channel.

  60 METER IMPROVEMENTS

  Hams gain a power increase (from 50 to 100 watts PEP ERP)
in the 60 meter band plus the substitution of a clearer channel
(5358.5 kHz added -- 5368 kHz deleted).  Four emission types
(USB phone, RTTY, CW and data) are now allowed on all five
authorized 60 meter channels although ham operations remain
on a secondary basis in that band.

  http://tinyurl.com/60MetersIsImproved



lar


§ 97.307  Emission standards.
* * * * *
(f) * * *
(14) In the 60 m band:
(i) A station may transmit only phone, RTTY, data, and CW emissions using 
the emission designators and any additional restrictions that are specified 
in the table below (except that the use of a narrower necessary bandwidth is 
permitted):

60 M Band Emission Requirements
Emission typeEmission designatorRestricted to:
Phone ………2K80J3E …………...Upper sideband transmissions (USB)
Data ………...2K80J2D …………...USB (for example, PACTOR-III)
RTTY….……60H0J2B …………...USB (for example, PSK31)
CW ……........150HA1A …………..Morse telegraphy by means of on-off keying


(ii) The following requirements also apply:
(A) When transmitting the phone, RTTY, and data emissions, the suppressed 
carrier frequency may be set as specified in § 97.303(h).
(B) The control operator of a station transmitting data or RTTY emissions 
must exercise care to limit the length of transmission so as to avoid 
causing harmful interference to United States Government stations.

§ 97.313  Transmitter power standards.
* * * * *
(i) No station may transmit with an effective radiated power (ERP) exceeding 
100 W PEP on the 60 m band.  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.