IARU Calls for All-Out Effort on 60 Meters
The International Amateur Radio Union is encouraging all
member societies to seek support from their respective governments for a
worldwide amateur allocation on 60 meters (5 MHz). Currently, the U.S. and
several other countries allow amateurs secondary use of the band. In the U.S.,
it is the only channelized ham band. The next World Radiocommunication
Conference (WRC-15), later this year, is slated to take up a proposal for a
worldwide secondary amateur allocation on 5 MHz. The ARRL Letter reports that
IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, sent a letter to all member organizations
saying that getting a band at 60 meters is "one of the main goals at
WRC-15 for the Amateur Radio Service." The IARU is made up of national amateur
radio associations from around the world.
