WRC-07 and 5 MHz

Despite the best efforts of the IARU, no progress was made on a 5 MHz amateur allocation due to the determined position of administrations outside of the CEPT block.

All is not lost however as this question will again be raised at the forthcoming CEPT WGFM (Working Group Frequency Management) meeting scheduled in February.

As the 5 MHz proposal was included within a European
Common Proposal concerning the HF bands between 4 and
10 MHz it is hoped those administrations within CEPT will again support the Amateur Service in a bid to find a segment between 5260 and 5410 kHz, even if it is only within the CEPT group.

An example of how this works can be seen by the fact that the 136 kHz band has now been accepted as a worldwide Secondary allocation within the Frequency Allocations of the Radio Regulations. It will be remembered that this first became a Secondary allocation within CEPT early in the 1990s following representations by IARU Region 1.

Let's hope that 5 MHz will ultimately follow the same path.

Source: IRTS