In order to make sure I was (at least half-way) correct in what I
said previously, the below (edited) information is from the ARRL web
site. The ARRL calls this the US Frequency Allocations, but it does
not specify by whose 'authority' this chart was generated. It also
offers to sell you the FCC Rules and/or their Licenses Manual which
they state has a full disclosure (?). I have edited out all licenses
classes with the exception of Extra, simply to shorten the list.
It does seem to me (and always has) like the 'RTTY gang' and the Data
operators have full right to operate RTTY and DATA on the very same
frequencies as us CW guys. Note, there are no frequencies set aside
on 80m for state traffic nets, so if RTTY/DATA happens upon a state
net's favorite frequency, remember, they have the RIGHT to operate on
that frequency also. I seriously doubt that outside of contest, any
RTTY or DATA operator is intentionally going to QRM a
state/region/area traffic net.
So, if this information from the ARRL is correct, operating RTTY or
DATA transmission is perfectly correct on 7.040, or 7.025, or 7.010
MHz, or any frequency in the first 150 kc of the 40m band, and the
same is true for CW. Whether either side likes it or not. One will
also notice that the majority of time, outside of contesting, CW ops
tend to stay out of the 'RTTY segment' and the RTTY guys (with the
exception of foreign commercial stuff) tend to stay out of the CW
segments, with the exception of 7.040 MHz which is a necessary RTTY
DX calling frequency.
I've been a die-hard CW operator for 54 years. If I were unable to
adapt to change, my feathers would have been ruffled many more times,
and all I would have gotten in return is more heart-burn.
Tom - W4BQF
160 Meters
General, Advanced, Amateur Extra licensees:
1.800-2.000 MHz: CW, Phone, Image, RTTY/Data
80 Meters
Amateur Extra class:
3.500-3.750 MHz: CW, RTTY/Data 3.750-4.000 MHz: CW, Phone, Image
60 Meters: Five Specific Channels
The FCC has granted hams secondary access on USB only to five
discrete 2.8-kHz-wide channels. Amateurs can not cause inference to
and must accept interference from the Primary Government users. The
NTIA says that hams planning to operate on 60 meters "must assure
that their signal is transmitted on the channel center frequency."
This means that amateurs should set their carrier frequency 1.5 kHz
lower than the channel center frequency.
General, Advanced and Amateur Extra classes:
40 Meters
Amateur Extra class:
7.000-7.150 MHz: CW, RTTY/Data 7.150-7.300 MHz: CW, Phone, Image
30 Meters
General, Advanced, Amateur Extra classes:
10.100-10.150 MHz: CW, RTTY/Data
20 Meters
Amateur Extra class:
14.000-14.150 MHz: CW, RTTY/Data 14.150-14.350 MHz: CW, Phone, Image
17 Meters
General, Advanced, Amateur Extra classes:
18.068-18.110 MHz: CW, RTTY/Data 18.110-18.168 MHz: CW, Phone, Image
15 Meters
Amateur Extra class:
21.000-21.200 MHz: CW, RTTY/Data 21.200-21.450 MHz: CW, Phone, Image
12 Meters
General, Advanced, Amateur Extra classes:
24.890-24.930 MHz: CW, RTTY/Data 24.930-24.990 MHz: CW, Phone, Image
10 Meters
General, Advanced, Amateur Extra classes:
28.000-28.300 MHz: CW, RTTY/Data 28.300-29.700 MHz: CW, Phone, Image
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