<s>
The	O
5-meter	B-Algorithm
band	I-Algorithm
(	O
60MHz	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
middle	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
very	B-Algorithm
high	I-Algorithm
frequency	I-Algorithm
(	O
VHF	B-Algorithm
)	O
radio	O
spectrum	O
allocated	O
to	O
amateur	O
radio	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
1924	O
,	O
the	O
5-meter	B-Algorithm
band	I-Algorithm
(	O
56	O
–	O
64MHz	O
)	O
was	O
first	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
amateurs	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
the	O
Third	O
National	O
Radio	O
Conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
1938	O
International	O
Radiocommunication	O
Conference	O
in	O
Cairo	B-Language
,	O
television	O
broadcasting	O
was	O
given	O
priority	O
in	O
a	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
5	O
-	O
and	O
6-meter	B-Algorithm
band	I-Algorithm
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
war	O
,	O
the	O
5-meter	B-Algorithm
band	I-Algorithm
was	O
briefly	O
reopened	O
to	O
amateurs	O
from	O
56	O
to	O
60MHz	O
until	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
1946	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
British	O
and	O
some	O
European	O
amateurs	O
were	O
allocated	O
the	O
5-meter	B-Algorithm
band	I-Algorithm
(	O
58.5MHz	O
to	O
60MHz	O
)	O
till	O
1949	O
–	O
1951	O
,	O
as	O
by	O
then	O
the	O
5-metre	O
band	O
was	O
given	O
for	O
television	O
broadcasting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
around	O
this	O
time	O
permission	O
to	O
YA1AA	O
for	O
5-meter	B-Algorithm
band	I-Algorithm
in	O
Afghanistan	O
has	O
been	O
issued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
request	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
track	O
the	O
progression	O
of	O
propagation	O
openings	O
DSI	O
report	O
(	O
CEPT	O
Phase	O
II	O
)	O
of	O
1995	O
noted	O
the	O
possibility	O
that	O
a	O
beacon	O
's	O
allocation	O
at	O
60MHz	O
should	O
be	O
reassessed	O
when	O
TV	O
broadcasting	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
operating	O
below	O
68MHz	O
of	O
VHF	B-Algorithm
Band	I-Algorithm
I	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Viena	O
Interim	O
conference	O
2019	O
accepted	O
to	O
add	O
the	O
40MHz	O
and	O
the	O
60MHz	O
Bandplan	O
(	O
used	O
in	O
some	O
countries	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
VHF-Handbook	O
as	O
separate	O
dedicated	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1949	O
the	O
5-meter	B-Algorithm
Band	I-Algorithm
is	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
amateur	O
service	O
(	O
in	O
some	O
countries	O
a	O
transitional	O
period	O
up	O
to	O
1951	O
was	O
applied	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
Ireland	O
(	O
EI	O
)	O
allocated	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
low	O
VHF	B-Algorithm
spectrum	O
to	O
Irish	O
radio	O
amateurs	O
including	O
60MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
5-metre	O
band	O
shares	O
many	O
characteristics	O
with	O
the	O
neighbouring	O
6-metre	B-Algorithm
band	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
unique	O
transition	O
spot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
somewhat	O
higher	O
in	O
frequency	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
display	O
the	O
same	O
propagation	O
mechanisms	O
via	O
the	O
F2	O
ionospheric	O
layer	O
normally	O
seen	O
at	O
HF	B-Algorithm
which	O
occasionally	O
appear	O
in	O
6	O
metres	O
,	O
leastwise	O
not	O
at	O
temperate	O
latitudes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Sporadic	O
E	O
is	O
common	O
on	O
the	O
band	O
in	O
summer	O
,	O
tropospheric	O
propagation	O
is	O
marginally	O
more	O
successful	O
than	O
on	O
the	O
6-metre	B-Algorithm
band	O
,	O
and	O
propagation	O
via	O
the	O
Aurora	O
Borealis	O
and	O
meteor	B-Language
scatter	O
is	O
highly	O
effective	O
.	O
</s>
