Originally, ANACOM, together with the military of the country, permitted 5 MHz operation on a secondary, non-interference basis on three channels 5288.5, 5371.5 and 5403.5 kHz, using CW and USB for Propagation and Emergency Communication coverage tests (the frequency 5288.5 kHz was added in June 2011). Application was by individual request to ANACOM, the permit period being six-monthly. Further news, logs and official reports of previous operational periods could be viewed on the '5 MHz Cinco Megahertz' pages of REP, the Portuguese National Amateur Radio Society's website - "(Source: CT1EEB, IARU Region 1 Website, CU3AK)". In July 2014, REP was able to negotiate an additional channel with their regulator. The new channel was 5380.5 kHz and was in common with one of the Spanish 5 MHz channels, thus direct communication between the two countries was possible until Spain implemented the WRC-15 60 m allocation in late 2015. See also Band entry.