The Australian Amateur Band Plan – 6M

The 6M band is accessible to Standard and Advanced licence class only

  • Transmission bandwidth should not exceed 100 KHz
  • 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
  • 50.000 – 52.000 MHz is a Secondary Amateur allocation
  • 52.000 – 54.000 MHz is a Primary Amateur Allocation
  • 50.000 to 52.500 MHz is available for CW operation
  • 50.000 to 50.700 MHz Narrow band modes, CW and Digital
  • 50.000 to 50.080 MHz International Beacons
  • 50.280 to 50.299 MHz Beacons VK1, VK2, VK3, VK4, VK7
  • 50.300 to 50.320 MHz Beacons VK5, VK6, VK8, VK9, VK0
  • 50.700 to 52.000 MHz is available for AM/FM/SSB operation
  • 52.000 to 52.500 MHz Narrow band modes, CW and Digital
  • 52.500. to 53.000 MHz is available for Narrow band FM Repeater Inputs (1 MHz offsets)
  • 53.000. to 53.500 MHz is available for Narrow band FM Simplex, 25 KHz channel spacing
  • 53.500. to 54.000 MHz is available for Narrow band FM Repeater Outputs

Additional notes:

  • 50.110 MHz – General call freq.
  • 50.200 MHz – International DX call freq.
  • 50.313 MHz – FT8
  • 50.220 MHz – PSK
  • 50.310 MHz – JT65
  • 50.312 MHz – JT9
  • 50.293 MHz – WSPR
  • 53.050 MHZ – APRS