The Australian Amateur Band Plan – 40M

The 40M band is accessible to all licence classes

• Transmission bandwidth should not exceed 8KHz
• Foundation operators are limited in power output to 10 Watts pX
• Standard operators using emission modes J3E or R3E are limited to 100 watts pX
• Standard operators using other modes are limited to 30 watts pY
• Advanced operators using emission modes J3E or R3E are limited to 400 watts pX
• Advanced operators using other modes are limited to 120 watts pY

• 7.000 – 7.100 MHz is a Primary Amateur allocation
• 7.100 – 7.300 MHz is a Secondary Amateur Allocation

• 7.000 to 7.300 MHz is available for CW operation
• 7.060 to 7.300 MHz is available for SSB operation
• 7.040 to 7.080 MHz is available for Digital modes

Additional notes:

• 7.040 MHz – PSK
• 7.076 MHz – JT65
• 7.078 MHz – JT9
• 7.043 MHz – RTTY
• 7.0386 MHz – WSPR
• 7.070 MHz – Digital Voice
• 7.125 MHz – AM Voice (Crystal locked)
• 7.074 MHz – FT8

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