The 5 MHz newsletter turns 10 years old

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Feb 25, 2022 - HF, Spectrum - Tom, DF5JL



Edited by Paul Gaskell, G4MWO, the newsletter provides info on new allocations in the 60m band worldwide. The first issue of the 5 MHz Newsletter was published in autumn 2011 and heralded the growth of the new 60-metre band.

Thus, the current issue reports that the Malaysian Telecommunications Authority MCMC has now also approved a secondary 60-metre allocation based on the WRC-15 template. The local amateur radio association MARTS sporadically operates a beacon in WSPR mode on 5364.7 kHz under the callsign 9M4BQC. The authorisation is for a limited period of time. The beacon has been heard in Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Canary Islands, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hawaii, Italy, Luxembourg, Manchester, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, the UK and the USA.

The latest issue of the 5 MHz Newsletter (No. 28 Autumn-Winter 2022) — the anniversary issue — is now available for free download in the ‘External Links’ section of Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60-meter_band#External_links) or on the RSGB’s 5 MHz page at http://rsgb.org/main/operating/band-plans/hf/5mhz/.

Graphics: en.wikipedia.org — by Petr Dlouhy (original), Paul Gaskell (yellow colouration) — CC0