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8 meters band

In several countries radio amateurs can use a new radio amateur band, called "8 meters", from the approximate wavelength of the signals. The frequency allocation is different for each country, although most of the current activity is at 40.680 MHz in FT8 mode.
In Italy we can use this band, for now, as an experiment going from August 30, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
The frequencies we can use are in the range 40.660 - 40.700 MHz, with a maximum power of 10 Watt.
Moreover, we must upload our logs for this band, within 24 hours, on a web site run by ARI, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Industry, at the web address: https://sperimentazioni.ari.it/index_main.php?a=2024&b=8m
Looking at the lists and maps on this site, we can see which countries can use the 8 m band at the current date (November 2024).

Countries using 8 m band on November 2024
ordered by prefix
PrefixDXCC entityRange
4XIsrael
9ACroatia40.660-40.700
9KKuwait
A7Qatar
CECile
CTPortugal
CXUruguay
EASpain40.650-40.750
EA6Balearic Is.
EA8Canary Is.
EA9Ceuta & Melilla
EIIreland40.000-45.000
GEngland
GMScotland
HAHungary
IItaly40.660-40.700
IS0 IM0Sardinia
LUArgentina
LXLuxembourg
ODLebanon
OEAustria
ONBelgium40.660-40.690
PJ4Bonaire
PYBrazil
S5Slovenia
SPPoland
SVGreece
SV5Dodecanese
SV9Crete
UTUkraine
VECanada
ZFCayman Is.
ZSSouth Africa