Talk:60-meter band

message: The link http://www.dxwatch.com/dxsd1/5.php is a dead link, I don't know what it's supposed to point to, otherwise I'd update it myself, but someone needs to fix it. Laytonsmith14 (talk) 05:01, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I fixed it. Sv1xv (talk) 13:54, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead Link 

message: Oh, very good. The usual Wikidetails but no explanation as to WHY this band was allocated and WHY it is channelized and WHY the US allocation doesn't have all the same chanels as the UK. What's Near Vertical Incidence Skywave? --Wtshymanski (talk) 18:54, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: See Near Vertical Incidence Skywave. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 00:08, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Frustration

message: Hi, I started a map showing different regions where 60m band allocations exist. I'm not sure it is complete, so please let me know if there are any corrections to be made. Thanks. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 00:06, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: Please use bold typefaces where absolutely essential. You may use italics for emphasis. Sentenses should be in third person, it is an encyclopedia after all, not a manual. 
Read Wikipedia:Manual of Style or WP:STYLE for formatting guidelines. SV1XV (talk) 07:24, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Style 

message: Having read the nearest applicable section
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My only intention in using bold typeface on the Wiki 60m meter band page is not so much to emphasize, but to assist in quickly finding specific operational information in what is otherwise a quite long and detailed article. Although possibly not quite Wiki 'style' in some people's eyes, quick and easy location of specific information is surely not inconsistent with any encyclopedic endeavour ?
Paul Gaskell (talk) 18:04, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with SV1XV.  The article was hard to read due to too much bolding, and it was not an efficient method of providing quick access to details.  I removed the bolding and created tables for the items of interest.  Also, Wikipedia is not an operational guide.  While operational information may be of interest to some readers, going into much detail is going outside of Wikipedia's scope.  There are other wiki projects detailed operational information would be appropriate for.  -Sparkgap (talk) 05:44, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Bold Typeface

message: I have removed the 'HISTORY' header for two reasons. The first and main one is that it had been in place for over a month and no-one had contributed to it - not even the person who posted the header.
It therefore wasn't creating a very good impression of the page.
Secondly, 5 MHz/ 60m is NOT at present a worldwide amateur band. It is effectively a 'work-in-progress'. Different INDIVIDUAL countries permit operation under varying conditions, therefore each country's 'history' is different, so you can't give one cumulative history of the band, plus the scene continues to change - even as I write this, critical discussions are taking place at the ITU WRC 2012 Conference with regard to placing 5 MHz/60m on the Agenda for the next WRC in 2015.
I think the best time to re-visit the topic of a dedicated History section for the 5 MHz/60m Band is once worldwide ITU status of 5 MHz/60m as an Amateur Band has been achieved and not before. This appears to be the policy that has been followed for some of the other newly-ratified Amateur Bands. In the meantime I feel that the amount of 'history' included in the text of each country's 5 MHz concession adequately addresses the subject and in addition to this there are other historical documents referenced in the 'Notes & References' and 'External Links' sections of the 5 MHz/60m Band Page.
Paul, G4MWO
    
Editor, The 5 MHz Newsletter
UK GB2RS RSGB News Service 5 MHz Newsreader
Member of Original RSGB 5 MHz Team (2002)
Paul Gaskell (talk) 02:50, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  HISTORY heading 

message: Hi 86.145.222.234
Nice to see some UK input. I wholeheartedly agree with emboldening the Countries. The only thing is - how long will it last? 
I did a substantial edit/update must be some 18 months ago and was roundly castigated for overusing Bold typeface, according to 'Wikistyle'
I did so to make it easy to quickly pick out information for a particular country and also highlighted the frequency range appropriate to it. Instead, emboldening was all but removed and tables/lists of frequencies substituted, which are far longer and more cumbersome to consult (but it's supposedly Wikistyle)
Faeroes/Faroes according to Encyclopedia Britannica are both acceptable spellings; Faeroes is nearer to the Danish apparently
Cheers
(G4MWO)Paul Gaskell (talk) 02:03, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Emboldening Countries Edit

message: The temporary license issued to SZ1SV has expired and there is no current activity in Greece. SV1XV (talk) 12:37, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greece 

message: Many thanks for spotting this, Sparkgap. I'm sure the IARU WRC15 team will be pleased to hear. There appears to be a bit of confusion between what's said in the CONATEL public website news about it and the actual official document itself as regards power and centre frequencies, but it is obviously clearer in the official document and that is what goes !! It isn't quite clear whether or not their Gazette notice has yet been published. On this side of the 'pond' the Dutch will soon get 60m , probably around Autumn when their documentation is complete, plus I'm double-checking about the Hungarians at the moment. In both cases it's a band allocation of 5350 - 5450. However I'm not going to publish anything until I'm 100% sure they're legally active. Cheers 73 G4MWO Paul Gaskell (talk) 15:06, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Honduras

message: Hi 176.72.136.45 - Many Thanks for the latest Finland update; have just done a little bit of cross-referencing between Band and Channel Allocation sections. Paul Gaskell (talk) 20:08, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Finland WRC-15 Update

message: The band in Uruguay is limited to the "A1" (Superior) category. It is NOT allowed for the use of "General" category.
The article 4.3 of the new Regulation says: 
"4.3 The AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR or RADIO CLUB which has a "General" category may operate in the frequency bands of one hundred sixty (160) meters, eighty (80) meters, forty (40) meters, fifteen (15) meters, ten (10) meters, six (6) meters, two (2) meters, one hundred twenty-five (125) centimeters, seventy centimeters (70), thirty-three centimeters (33) and twenty-three centimeters (23) (...)"
The fact that after that on article 15.2 gives the General category a maximun power of 15w is an error of the regulation text.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.57.63.130 (talk) 18:16, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: About Uruguay

message: REATRACT1;Although you obviously have the best of intentions, I have reverted your latest set of updates. Unfortunately I nearly fell into the same trap myself, but I realised that the fact that WRC-15 is mentioned in a country's National Frequency Allocation Table (NFAT) DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN IT’S AVAILABLE TO RADIO AMATEURS IN THAT COUNTRY – UK is a classic example of that; WRC-15 is listed in the latest UK NFAT but Ian, G4FSU, the RSGB HF Manager assures me the position with the MoD and WRC-15 is no change (hence the recent item in The 5 MHz Newsletter). Similarly, I’m in contact with the Austrian HF Manager; he’s waiting to hear from their regulator BMVIT, although the WRC-15  allocation is listed in their NFAT. Moldova and Azerbaijan also show WRC-15 and I’ve emailed them to find out what their position is, but I’m still waiting to hear. On balance, in the interests of maintaining accuracy I think it's better to wait until 60m/5 MHz activity is confirmed by a country's national amateur radio society or one of its officials. Paul Gaskell G4MWO Editor, The 5 MHz Newsletter Paul Gaskell (talk) 21:33, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: National Frequency Allocation Tables

message: Thanks for your work on the US Channels chart, Zeneky - looks much clearer now.Paul Gaskell (talk) 15:24, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Re-working of US Channels Chart

message: Thanks 31.154.25.138, for the update on Israeli 5 MHz/60m Permits now valid till 2023 Paul Gaskell (talk) 15:38, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Israel Permit Update

message: I'm sorry User:49.181.208.207, but I've had to revert your addition of 5.425 MHz to the Emergencies Only section of the Wiki 60 Meter Band page in the Australian section.
We were specifically asked by the Australian representative at WRC-15 not to list the WICEN 60 m Frequencies; that is why they were removed at the time.
Paul Gaskell (talk) 00:05, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: WICEN 60 m Frequencies

message: Access to 60m for New Zealand (ZL) hams has ended as of 24-October-2020, as the New Zealand Defence Force was unwilling to renew the agreement for hams to use the frequencies. https://www.nzart.org.nz/assets/infoline/2020/HQ-Infoline-Special-Issue-67.pdf
47.152.52.158 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 15:40, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: New Zealand