The Australian Amateur Band Plan – 80M

The 80M 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

• 3.500 – 3.700 MHz is a Primary Amateur allocation

• 3.500 to 3.700 MHz is available for CW operation.
• 3.535 to 3.570 MHz is available for SSB operation.
• 3.600 to 3.700 MHz is available for SSB operation.
• 3.570 to 3.600 MHz is available for Digital modes operation.

Additional notes:

• 3.580 MHz – PSK
• 3.576 MHz – JT65
• 3.572 MHz – JT9
• 3.590 MHz – RTTY
• 3.5686 MHz – WSPR
• 3.630 MHz – Digital Voice
• 3.573 MHz – FT8
• 3.579 MHz – QRP CW (Crystal locked)

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