Two New Turkish Band Access for Christmas

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Turkey’s telecom regulator, BTK, in a government gazette notice of 29th November 2018, released two new Amateur Radio allocations.

The new WRC-15 60m Secondary allocation of 5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz with a power limit of 15W EIRP. All modes are allowed.

A 6m allocation of 50 – 52 MHz, all modes allowed, with a power limit of 75W.

BTK National Frequency Allocation Table (p.11,27) - https://www.btk.gov.tr/uploads/pages/milli-frekans-plani.pdf

Montenegro and Lithuania Join the 60-Metre Band Community

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Montenegro and Lithuania are the latest countries to announce adoption of a new Amateur Radio band at 5 MHz. Both countries have authorized amateur operation on a secondary allocation of 5,351.5 – 5,366.5 kHz at up to 15 W EIRP, per the Final Acts of World Radiocommunication Conference 2015.

Montenegro’s International Amateur Radio Union member-society, the Montenegrin Amateur Radio Pool (MARP), confirmed the new allocation.

Lithuania’s IARU member-society LRMD President Tadas Vysniauskas, LY2BAW, said the news was “enthusiastically received” there

Three New Amateur Radio Bands for Indian Hams

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The Indian Government’s Telecommunications regulator has published a 2018 Update to the Indian National Frequency Plan, effective 25th October 2018, which lists new bands at 5 MHz/60m, 472 kHz/630m and 135 kHz/2300m.

  • 5351.5-5366.5 kHz - Amateur 5.133B (Secondary, 15W EIRP)

  • 472-479 kHz - Amateur 5.80A (Secondary, 1W EIRP )

  • 135.7-137.8 kHz - Amateur 5.67A (Secondary, 1W EIRP)

The regulations are as follows current ITU criteria for these bands.

Indian National Frequency Plan - http://wpc.dot.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/NFAP%202018.pdf