 The 2200 meter band is available for use in several countries, and the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) made it a worldwide amateur allocation.Before the introduction of the 2200 meter band in the UK in 1998, operation on the even lower frequency of 73 kHz had been allowed between 1996 and 2003.ITU Region 1 corresponds to Europe, Russia, Africa and the Middle East.