Iceland has joined the growing list of countries permitting
amateurs to operate on 472-479 kHz, as a result of action at last year's World
Radiocommunication Conference to create a worldwide secondary amateur
allocation on the band. The
ARRL Letter reported that the new privileges
became effective on January 16. Still no FCC action to establish an amateur
allocation on these frequencies in the U.S.
Newsline reports that hams in Greenland and Sweden
have new or expanded access to the 60-meter (5 MHz) band, and the ARRL says
amateurs in Australia may lose their privileges on 2300-2302 MHz. The Wirelesss
Institute of Australia is opposing the move, claiming it will cut off
Australian hams from pursuing Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) contacts on the band with
hams in other parts of the world.
