First 40MHz Contact Between Ireland and Lithuania

Interesting news from the blog of EI7GL (LINK) of an FT8 contact between Ireland and Lithuania on the 8m band which is available to operators in a small number of countries. 

• June 1998: Slovenia (S5) allocates 40 kHz of spectrum to beacons from 40.66–40.7 MHz.
• February 2005: South Africa (ZS) allocates 10 kHz of spectrum from 40.675 MHz and 40.685 MHz.^[13][14]
• July 2013: Slovenia (S5) allocates 40.66–40.7 MHz to the amateur service.^[15]
• April 2018: Ireland (EI) allocated much of the low VHF spectrum to Irish radio amateurs including 40 MHz.

No UK allocation at present but I'm sure there would be plenty of interest if an allocation were to be made in the future.