ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamadores franceses tentam ter faixa na Banda dos 6m.

[João Gonçalves Costa]

French radio hams trying for 6m band allocation

F1DUE, the president of the French amateur radio union REF, writes about his efforts to open the 6m band for French radio amateurs. 

Already last year the REF asked the French frequency regulation authority (ARCEP) to deal with the case of the 6m band which was suspended two years ago. 

The ARCEP informed the REF that they consider to assign the frequency range 50-52 MHz for amateur radio. Thus ARCEP placed this proposal on the agenda of the Frequency Planning Commission (CPF) which was held in March. 

Nobody yet knows when the change of the bandplan is finalized and comes into effect.