60 m allowed now in Germany

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60 m allowed now in Germany

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Since yesterday in DL is the 60 m band also allowed here in DL ...

Frequency Range: 5351,5 - 5366,5
CW and Narrowbandmodes (200 HZ max for narrowband) 5351,5 - 5354,0
All modes (max. 2,7 KHz Bandwith) 5354,0 - 5366,0 (upper sideband for USB)
Narrowbandmodes (max. 20 Hz) 5366,0 . 5366,5

Power: 15 W EIRP

Thank´s to the german BNetzA for the nice Xmas present :D :D
73´s .. Juergen ... ALT-512 SDR (10W) , 50 m random wire at SG-211 autotuner, 2 x Xiegu G90 (20W HF TRX) one as portable Radio. Also TS-790E (40 W) for VHF/UHF with X-50 vertical and Duoband 4-Element LPDA.
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Re: 60 m allowed now in Germany

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Jürgen
Encourage your compatriots to operate within our UK limits so that we can work them.

Our limits are..............

5.354 to 5.358 (Our highest dial frequency for USB is 5.355)
or
5.362 to 5.366.5

There were many German stations on yesterday but on frequencies outside our UK allocations so we were unable to contact them :(
73 Terry G4POP
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Re: 60 m allowed now in Germany

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Hi Terry, i think that some of those Guys don´t know the difference between LSB/USB or "to what QRG can i dial" to be inside the band .... Some discussions about this in the german ham forums 2day .... For me it´s not a problem. I´m using mostly CW and (from time to time) a bit JT65/JT9 :D :D So i think you can give the CW and Digital Hams a call inside the band ;) ;)
73´s .. Juergen ... ALT-512 SDR (10W) , 50 m random wire at SG-211 autotuner, 2 x Xiegu G90 (20W HF TRX) one as portable Radio. Also TS-790E (40 W) for VHF/UHF with X-50 vertical and Duoband 4-Element LPDA.
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Re: 60 m allowed now in Germany

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There were many German stations on yesterday but on frequencies outside our UK allocations so we were unable to contact them :(
One way around this problem (UK restriction) is to operate 'split'. I use WSJT-X and for 60m ops often 'unlock' the Tx/Rx frequencies when necessary, thus:
select the Rx frequency of a desired station not in UK bandwidth and watch for them to send a CQ call, or '73' sign-off with another station, then (in the 'their' Rx period, just seconds away) Tx your response to their call (e.g. DL1MAX G4PDF IO93) using a convenient (i.e less conjested) in-band frequency.
Sometimes this technique will work OK, at other times a station will ignore your call not understanding that you can't call them on the same QRG.
This 'split' frequency technique works because the whole selected bandwidth is usually decoded and your call will be seen (given reasonable band conditions of course), even if the other station doesn't realise that they need not QSY to your Tx frequency for the QSO, or decide to answer another caller who is on the same QRG.
I know from personal experience how easy it is to operate outside the permitted bandwidth on 60m, and have seen other UK stations do the same. I try to limit the displayed waterfall bandwidth on 60m to remind myself that we UK amateurs do not have the bandwidth that some of our European neighbours enjoy.
73, de Bob G4PDF
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