{"id":3015,"date":"2026-02-13T19:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:05:19","slug":"60-meters-5-mhz-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/60-meters-5-mhz-change\/","title":{"rendered":"60 Meters-5 MHz change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone operating 60m FT8 at 5357, power limit has been reduced to 9.5w from 100w. effective 13Feb26.<br>The following update: 0 Meters &#8211; 5 MHz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W8GEX, Joe Pater reminds everyone starting February 13, the FCC will restrict<br>U.S. amateur radio stations from operating at 100 watts on 5.357 MHz, limiting<br>power to just 9.5 watts on that frequency. To continue operating at 100 watts,<br>many U.S. DXers will move their FT8 activity to a new frequency: 5.371.5 MHz,<br>effective the same date. Operators are encouraged to inform friends, club<br>members, and relevant news outlets about this change to ensure a smooth<br>transition. While many other countries will continue using the original<br>frequency, it is important to notify anyone planning DXpeditions of the U.S.<br>shift to 5.371.5 MHz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone operating 60m FT8 at 5357, power limit has been reduced to 9.5w from 100w. effective 13Feb26.The following update: 0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3016,"href":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions\/3016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3pie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}