The Ministry of Communications in India has released the 6m band to the Amateur Service and also revised of the power limit permitted on HF bands associated with a change to the licence structure.
The announcement by the Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing in relation to the 50-54MHz band refers to the F1B, F2B, F3E, F3C modes using 25 watts. No mention is made of CW or SSB.
India now has only two licence classes, the Restricted and General. This change includes a 400 watts DC input power being allowed on all HF bands for the General class licence.
Previously a 50 watts input applied to the final, and 400 watts was only allowed in very small sub-bands for previous Advanced class licence. The General Class licence requires the passing of Morse code at 8wpm.
