“Any radio amateur currently transmitting from Ukraine is risking his or her life. If you hear a Ukrainian station, do not broadcast its callsign, location or frequency — whether on the band, in a cluster or on social media. You may be putting lives at risk.”
Source: DARC HF Committee via facebook
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
Due to the current events, the UBA has decided to cancel the UBA DX CW 2022 contest which was scheduled to take place this weekend (26 and 27 FEB). This is reported by UBA HF Manager Egbert Hertsen, ON4CAS.
Even before the publication of Official Gazette 2021 – 24 scheduled for Dec. 22, the German Federal Network Agency BNetzA informs that the toleration regulations for 160 meters valid for the current year will be extended until Dec. 31, 2022. Otherwise, these “temporary permissions” would have expired on Dec. 31, 2021.
In the 160-meter band, permission to operate in the 1850 — 1890 kHz and 1890 — 2000 kHz frequency ranges at full transmit power in accordance with the respective license class A (750 W PEP) or E (100 W PEP) applies as before; however, this applies only on weekends. Likewise, contest operation is tolerated only during weekends there.
This regulation, which is favorable for amateur radio, results from the good and trustful cooperation between the RTA (Round Table Amateur Radio), the BNetzA, the primary user Bundeswehr and the frequency management department of the DARC.
The toleration regulation also affects the bands 6 and 4 m as well as access to the Hamnet for Class E holders. More detailed information is available at darc.de. The official gazettes of the Federal Network Agency BNetzA can also be downloaded at https://www.bnetza-amtsblatt.de/2021/. Bernd J. Mischlewski, DF2ZC, DARC frequency management officer, provides information about this.
Iceland’s Amateur Radio Association (IRA) reports that the Telecommunications Authority (Fjarskiptastofa) has approved an application to renew its permit for amateur radio use from 1850 – 1900 kHz in 2022.
The permit also covers contests such as the ARRL International DX Competition in CW and SSB and the IARU HF World Championship on 9 and 10 July 2022.
The approval is with the full consent of the Icelandic Maritime Watch Centre, which has priority for the use of frequencies in this band. The same requirements apply to this use as for the 1810 – 1850 kHz frequency range, but the following restrictions apply:
Licensing will only be granted during the specified international competitions. G‑licensees may use the full power up to 1 kW. N‑licensees enjoy the same frequency rights, but the power limit is based on a maximum of 10 W.
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