<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">WRC-15 60m band now authorized in France</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The French communications regulator <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">ARCEP </strong>has finally authorized the use of the 5 MHz (60m) amateur radio band agreed by ITU at WRC-15<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The formal announcement by ARCEP regarding Decision No. 2019-1412 was published in the Official Journal of the Republic of France (JORF) No 0037 published on February 13, 2020.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">An English translation is available via the REF site using this link<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/FranceREF" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://tinyurl.com/FranceREF</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">French Government Official Journal  (JORF) site in English<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/France-Official-Journal" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://tinyurl.com/France-Official-Journal</a></p></div>