20-meter band

[1] The 20-meter band is widely considered among the best for long-distance communication (DXing), and is one of the most popular—and crowded—during contests.

The band was allocated on a worldwide basis by the International Radiotelegraph Conference[5] in Washington, D.C., on October 4, 1927.

The allocation was reduced to 14–14.35 MHz by the International Radio Conference of Atlantic City, New Jersey 1947.

[6] Europe, Africa, Middle East and Northern Asia[7] The Americas[7] Asia-Pacific[7] Effective 12:01 a.m. EST, February 23, 2007 Canada[8] is part of region 2 and as such is subject to the IARU band plan.

[w] HF allocation created at the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference.