| RSGB Band Plan (effective from 1st January 2018) | ||||
| The following band plan is largely based on that agreed at IARU Region 1 General Conferences with some local differences on | ||||
| on frequencies above 430 MHz. | ||||
| 50 MHz (6m) | Necessary | UK Usage | ||
| Bandwidth | ||||
| 50.000-50.100 | 500 Hz | Telegraphy Only (except for Beacon Project) Note-2 | ||
| 50.000-50.030 MHz reserved for Synchronised Beacon Project (Note 2) | ||||
| Region-1: 50.000-50.010; Region-2: 50.010-50.020; Region-3: 50.020-50.030 | ||||
| 50.050 MHz Future International Centre of Activity | ||||
| 50.090 MHz Intercontinental DX Centre of Activity (Note 1) | ||||
| 50.100-50.200 | 2.7 kHz | SSB/Telegraphy - International Preferred | ||
| 50.100-50.130 MHz Intercontinental DX Telegraphy & SSB (Note 1) | ||||
| 50.110 MHz Intercontinental DX Centre of Activity | ||||
| 50.130-50.200 MHz General International Telegraphy & SSB | ||||
| 50.150 MHz International Centre of Activity | ||||
| 50.200-50.300 | 2.7 kHz | SSB/Telegraphy - General Usage | ||
| 50.285 MHz Crossband Centre of Activity | ||||
| 50.300-50.400 | 2.7 kHz | MGM/Narrowband/Telegraphy | ||
| 50.305 MHz PSK Centre of Activity | ||||
| 50.310-50.320 MHz EME | ||||
| 50.320-50.380 MHz MS | ||||
| 50.400-50.500 | Propagation Beacons Only | |||
| 50.500-52.000 | 12.5 kHz | All Modes. | ||
| 50.510 MHz SSTV (AFSK) | ||||
| 50.520 MHz Internet voice gateway (10 kHz channels), (IARU common channel) | ||||
| 50.530 MHz Internet voice gateway (10 kHz channels), (IARU common channel) | ||||
| 50.540 MHz Internet voice gateway (10 kHz channels), (IARU common channel) | ||||
| 50.550 MHz Image/Fax working frequency | ||||
| 50.620-50.750 MHz Digital communications | ||||
| 50.630 MHz Digital Voice (DV) calling | ||||
| 50.710-50.890 MHz FM/DV Repeater Outputs (10 kHz channel spacing) | ||||
| 51.210-51.390 MHz FM/DV Repeater Inputs (10 KHz channel spacing) (Note 4) | ||||
| 51.410-51.590 MHz FM/DV Simplex (Note 3) (Note 4) | ||||
| 51.510 MHz FM calling frequency | ||||
| 51.530 MHz GB2RS news broadcast and slow morse | ||||
| 51.650 & 51.750 MHz See Note 5 (25kHz aligned) | ||||
| 51.770 & 51.790 MHz See Note 5 | ||||
| 51.810-51.990 MHz. FM/DV Repeater Outputs (IARU aligned channels) | ||||
| Note 1: Only to be used between stations in different continents (not for intra-European QSOs). | ||||
| Note 2: 50.0-50.1MHz is currently shared with Propagation Beacons. These are due to be migrated by Aug-2014 | ||||
| to 50.4-50.5 MHz, to create more space for Telegraphy and a new Synchronised Beacon Project | ||||
| Note 3: 20 kHz channel spacing. Channel centre frequencies start at 51.430 MHz. | ||||
| Note 4: Embedded data traffic is allowed with digital voice (DV) | ||||
| Note 5: May be used for Emergency Communications and Community Events | ||||
| Note 5: May be used for Emergency Communications and Community Events | ||||
| Note-6: Digital Experiments to support innovation may occur at 50.6, 51.0 or 51.7 MHz with a 100kHz maximum bandwidth | ||||
| LICENCE NOTES: Amateur Service 50.0-51.0 MHz - Primary User. | ||||
| Amateur Service 51.0-52.0 MHz - Secondary User: 100W (20dBW) max | ||||
| Available on the basis on non-interference to other services (inside or outside the UK). | ||||
| Notes to the Band Plan | ||||
| ITU-R Recommendation SM.328 (extract) | ||||
| Necessary bandwidth: For a given class of emission, the width of the frequency band which is just sufficient to | ||||
| ensure the transmission of information at the rate and with the quality required under specified conditions. | ||||
| The use of Amplitude Modulation (AM) is acceptable in the all modes segments but users are asked to consider | ||||
| adjacent channel activity when selecting operating frequencies. | ||||
| Foundation and Intermediate Licence holders are advised to check their licences for the permitted power limits and | ||||
| conditions applicable to their class of licence. | ||||