What I learned today, is that some amateurs in IARU Region 1 have access to the 8-meter band.
8 meters?? Apparently, amateurs in Lithuania, Slovenia, Ireland, Denmark, and South Africa now have privileges in the 8-meter amateur radio band, which spans 40.66–40.7 MHz. EI7GL has blogged fairly extensively about operations in the 8-meter band......
First contact on 40 MHz between Ireland & Slovenia – 15th June 2020
First contact on 40 MHz between Lithuania & Slovenia – 13th June 2020
40 MHz activity report – 18th May 2020
Reception reports of the EI1KNH 40 MHz beacon – 17th May 2020
https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2022/03/several-radio-amateurs-in-uk-obtain.html
https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2022/02/update-on-uk-amateur-radio-stations.html
https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2022/01/south-african-40-mhz-beacon-heard-in.html
https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2020/05/first-crossband-contact-between-ireland.html
