15 kHz of 60 meters FINALLY Liberated! But Watch Out for the 9.15 Watt ERP Limit

My 60 meter rig in 2017

Here's a reminder of how long this took:  When Bob KD4EBM alerted me to the ARRL announcement that 15 kHz of the 60 meter band had been "liberated," I turned to my blog and found articles talking about this possible change way back in 2017.  Oh well, better late than never.  

Here is the ARRL announcement: 

https://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-allocates-60-meter-world-wide-amateur-band-approved-at-wrc-15-continues-amateur-use-of-four-addi

Here are a couple of references from the SolderSmoke blog and one from the BITX Hacks blog in which Don ND6T shifts the BITX40 module's bandpass filter to 60 meters. 

https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2017/03/channelized-bitx-60-with-five-channels.html

https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2017/03/bitx-sixty-with-three-short-videos.html

https://bitxhacks.blogspot.com/2017/02/cap-stack-hack-putting-bitx40-on-60.html

I reached into my junk box this morning and found the digital VFO I was using way back in 2017.  I may turn to Don again for help in getting the VFO segment to work. 

I got a chuckle about the FCC power limit:  9.15 watts ERP.  Wow, such precision! Can you imagine the FCC breaking down a radio amateurs shack door after, perhaps, measuring 9.16 watts ERP?  BUSTED!