France now on 60m

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Is anyone in the UK working on getting your channels (bandlets) expanded to include this true “band”

Hi Ed, As per the last time we discussed this, I very much doubt it, for good reasons ….

Giving an extended try to 60 m tomorrow on HB/BL-013

I wouldn’t hold your breathe on that one, Ed. I suspect the UK MoD thinks it’s already given UK amateurs a generous allocation (which is much larger than the WRC-15 one). From the STANAG signals you can hear between our sub-bands I suspect the MoD has good reasons not to release more 5MHz frequencies any time soon. I find it embarrassing when UK hams complain, with 20-20 hindsight, about non alignment with WRC-15 (when there are common frequencies), or that it’s not enough (when the current a…