My under standing is that you are only allowed 50 watts, and that this is if 
you are using a dipole.  If you use a different type of antenna you would 
have to adjust your power level to make up for the antenna gain.
    So I guess if your were to run a beam you would have to go QRP. Hi Hi
                    God bless,
                    Mark WZ0K
God loves you!
My personal prayer book.
Add your prayer or pray for others at the following link.
http://prayerbook.homewithgod.com/cgi-bin/prayerbook/multi.pl?131961113534708:24:0

http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio.

http://funhamradio.bloki.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:49 AM
Subject: 60 Meters


> Hi.
>
> I haven't, as yet, ventured onto this band, for a couple of reasons.  For
> one, none of my radios are set up to go on the band unless I completely
> open them up.  Also, it is difficult to accurately measure my power output
> on USB with the metering that I have, so it would be hard to pick the
> appropriate level for the transmitter.  The final problem is that my yard
> is small enough that it is pretty full of antennas already.  My
> understanding is that I would need to use a resonant antenna on 60 meters
> because the only mode of operation allowed on the band is USB, and that
> even inserting a low power carrier for a couple seconds to adjust an
> antenna tuner would constitute a violation of the rules.
>
> For these reasons, I have opted to not use this band.  I think, if it were
> not for this last restriction, that it would be fairly easy to load a G5RV
> on this band, which would allow me to use my existing antennas.  Ignoring
> the open wire matching section, the wire elements are just a little less
> than five eights of a wavelength, which I suspect would put the load in 
> the
> ball park where most tuners would handle it.
>
> Anyway, I have no plans to put anything on this band anytime in the
> foreseeable future.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
> Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5753
>