60metersonline WEB news by Joe, W8GEX

60metersonline WEB news by Joe, W8GEX

"As you know, we have a 60m website, www.60metersonline.com. It was built and is maintained by Mike, a non-ham friend of mine, at no charge to us. Because of recent changes by the provider, Mike had to rebuild the entire site which took a lot of time. He does a great job and we certainly appreciate the time he devotes to our hobby.
It’s time to renew our domain name and pay for the site. The renewal is for three years and I am asking for a donation from each of you. I haven’t asked for money in quite a while but it is needed now to keep the website active.

This has nothing to do with my 60m DX Newsletter as I do this as a volunteer to promote 60 meters.
I know many of you use this website, so we need everyone to help.

To donate go to www.60metersonline.com and click the “Donate” button at the top of the page.

I, and all other 60m operators, appreciate your generosity.
Joe W8GEX
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60 Meters logger page: http://dxworld.com/60mlog.html

This page has been around for many years. It was very active at first; recently the usage has slowed down. The purpose was for short messages. To make a post, scroll down on the page and your see a box where you can make your post. After your comments add your call-sign so we know who has made the post and hit enter."

Be so kind and donate our 60m web in order to keep it up...

 

 

To donate go to www.60metersonline.com and click the “Donate” button at the top of the page.

73 - Petr, OK1RP
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Ten things to know for more success on 60m by PA2S

Hi all,

"At the time of writing, the WRC 2015 allocation of the 60 m band is going into force. Administrations can grant permission to operate in the 5 MHz band. It is expected that many amateurs want to explore the new allocation..."

An older article by PA2S can be found here: http://60metersonline.com/assets/pa2s_60m_tips--1.pdf


73 - Petr, OK1RP
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60m DX Newsletter by Joe, W8GEX - November 11,2018

Bouvet Island 3Y0I: If any of you know a team member of the upcoming 3Y0I Dxpedition please ask them about operating on 60 meters. The failed trip a few months ago had planned to operate our band. This would be the last chance in most of our lifetimes to work this new 60m country. If you do make contact, please keep me informed so I can follow up. Joe W8GEX

NEW COUNTRY - INDIA: reported by Aravind VU2ABS, Dragan 9A6W and Paul G4WMO. They say they now have the 60m band.
http://wpc.dot.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/NFAP%202018.pdf

EA8, CANARY ISLANDS: Jay OH6CS, will be active as EA8/OH6CS from the Canary Islands between November 21-30. They plan to operate 60m. QSL via his home callsign, direct or LoTW. Visit his Web page at: http://oh6cs.fi/ea8.htm

5U – Niger: HB9AMO, Pierre, has announced his plans to operate from downtown Niamey in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest, November 24-25, as 5U9AMO, and plans to operate 60 meters. He will be there from November 20 to December 3. Logs will be uploaded to Club Log every other day. QSL via M0URX and LoTW (after February 2019). www.hb9amo.net/5u9amo.php

RWANDA: Harald, DF2WO, will once again be active as 9X2AW from Kigali
Dates are Jan 1, 2019 to Nov. 14 QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.
73 Harald DF2WO

Laos XW4XR:
Perhaps of interest, I was able to work XW4XR Bruce on 60m FT8 (on 5357 around 1822 UTC). He also worked 5B3ALX. I’m not sure if he is a "known" operator on 60 as I’m relatively new myself.
Kind regards, Henry PG0DX

Report on Aruba:
I finished my new End-Fed (EFHW) for 60 + 30M! So 60M operation is planned during my 2 week holiday-style DXpedition to the island of Aruba, modes to be used will be SSB & FT8 on 80 ~ 10M including WARC + 60M using 2 EFHW's + 100W, both new antennas need to be tested/adjusted at our rental house/garden (taking my Mini60 analyzer with me ;-)) but spare transformers & radiators (40/20/10 + 30/17/12M) will be taken with us as luggage weight/room will allow!

Operations are planned from Saturday 17th November +/- 20:00 UTC until Thursday 29th November +/- 16:00 UTC (I will spot myself when QRV) first weekend probably mostly 80/60/40/20/15/10M, 2nd weekend (during CQWW-CW) mostly 60M + WARC!

I recently found this information on Facebook. I think we can conclude that 60M operations are officially allowed on the (Dutch) Caribbean Island of Curacao (PJ2)!

If you are interested in the 'English' document, this is the link:
https://www.btnp.org/files/Aanvraagformulieren/Afzonderlijk_Formulier_CUR/BTP001_DD_FORM_07_Radio_Amateurs_BL_EN.pdf
73 de Frank PH2M

Upcoming DXpeditions

RWANDA: 9X2AW Jan 1, 2019 to Nov 14, by Harald, DF2WO. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.
(Many thanks to Joe, W8GEX for summary!)


73 - Petr, OK1RP

The 5MHz Newsletter Edition No.20 by Paul, G4MWO

Latest edition (No. 20) of
The 5 MHz Newsletter now available for download

Hi All,

The latest edition (No 20 – Spring 2018) of The 5 MHz Newsletter is now available for free pdf download from the ‘External Links’ section of the Wikipedia 60m Band page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60-meter_band

or the RSGB 5 MHz page
http://rsgb.org/main/operating/band-plans/hf/5mhz/

This edition features news from 7 countries, SK tributes to UK 5 MHz stalwarts G3LEQ and G8DQZ, The Luxembourg 5 MHz beacon, LXØHF and a 60m low-pass filter.

Cheers,

Paul Gaskell G4MWO
Editor,
The 5 MHz Newsletter

The latest edition (No 18) of The 5 MHz Newsletter made by Paul, G4MWO

Hi All,

 

The latest edition (No 18) of The 5 MHz Newsletter made by Paul, G4MWO editor is now available for free pdf download from

 

https://tinyurl.com/ln5f2p4

 

or alternatively from the ‘External Links’ section of the Wikipedia 60m Band page

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60-meter_band

 

or the RSGB 5 MHz page

 

http://rsgb.org/main/operating/band-plans/hf/5mhz/

 

This bumper edition includes 14 new allocations, 60m coverage of Europe, 5 MHz from a ‘postage-stamp’ garden, a report on the Blue Ham 2 exercise and Beacon news.

Many thanks to Paul, G4MWO for his excellent job and helpful bulletin.

73 - Petr, OK1RP

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Status Quo for UK 5 MHz by RSGB

Hi all,

A recent statement from the RSGB, shows there’s no change in the WRC-15 position; it’s still status quo...

“Amateurs in the UK have been very fortunate in having early access to 5MHz, with 5 spot frequencies 15 years ago and more than 70kHz of spectrum made available in 2013. This was a result of close cooperation with Ofcom and the MoD, who is primary user on the band. The UK currently has an arrangement that gives us more spectrum and a higher power allowance of 100W at 5MHz, however it does not cover all of the WRC-15 band of 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz.

The Society played a very active role in the WRC-15 process and continues to work with Ofcom to gain access to all of the WRC-15 band, however this is not expected to change in the foreseeable future as there are on-going assignments within the band. The RSGB will implement the IARU Region 1 band plan for 5MHz within the segments allocated to us. In common with other Region 1 societies with allocations greater than 15kHz, we will recommend that frequencies within the WRC-15 band that are allowed under the UK Amateur Radio License only be used for international contacts, or for stations with no other option”.    

GB2RS News , Sunday 26 March 2017.

Lower limit kHz	Upper limit kHz	Guidelines on current usage and suggested USB frequencies
5258.5	5264.0	CW activity, 5262kHz QRP
5276.0	5284.0	USB 5278.5kHz. EMCOMM CoA
5288.5	5292.0	Beacons 5290kHz. WSPR
5298.0	5307.0	All modes. USB 5298.5kHz, 5301kHz, 5304kHz
5313.0	5323.0	All modes. AM 5317kHz. USB 5320kHz
5333.0	5338.0	USB 5335kHz
5354.0	5358.0	All modes. USB 5354kHz. In WRC-15 band
5362.0	5374.5	All modes. USB 5363kHz, 5371.5kHz. WRC-15 band to 5366.5kHz. Weak signal 5366.0 – 5366.5kHz
5378.0	5382.0	USB 5379kHz
5395.0	5401.5	USB 5395kHz, 5398.5kHz
5403.5	5406.5	USB 5403.5kHz

Here is the URL for the RSGB 5 MHz webpages  showing the UK 5 MHz provision and operating notes.

http://rsgb.org/main/operating/band-plans/hf/5mhz/

Thank you for sharing to Paul, G4MWO and GB2RS)

73 - Petr, OK1RP

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60m - Tropical band useful links

http://hflink.com/5mhz/
http://bandplans.com/index.php?band=60
http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-chat@njdxa.org/msg01513.html
http://rental-shack.com/t80w/licensing_information_and_60m_band_information.html
http://www.qsl.net/ok1if/5mhz/5mhz.htm
http://ok1if.c-a-v.com/5MHzOK/5mhz_pokusy.html
http://www.solen.info/solar/
http://www.dxsummit.fi/CustomFilter.aspx?customCount=50&customRange=5100
http://dxworld.com/60mlog.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/60meter/
http://147.231.47.3/latestFrames.htm
http://sites.google.com/site/ok1has/pasmo-60-m
http://www.60meters.net/
http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183&Itemid=136
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60-meter_band
http://folk.uio.no/tomvs/la4ln/Worldwide%2060%20m%20frequency%20chart_v10.pdf
http://www.dxwatch.com/dxsd1.php?f=5
http://www.netronic.co.uk/mm1rah/freqs.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6fkhcmf
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ukfivemegs
http://hamspots.net/60/
http://hflink.net/60meters