[ARC5] 500 KHZ Emergency Frequency

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 15 Aug 2012 at 6:23, Robert  Eleazer wrote:

> I guess there is an effort underway now to make 500 KHZ an amateur
> frequency.

No. I have been, for many years, part of an effort to get part of the 600 meter 
band as an amateur band, but 500 KHz, will remain a non-ham emergency 
frequency. There are still many places in the world, mostly third-world 
countries, that still monitor that.

Ken W7EKB