diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index d22cbf8..5e9a062 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
     "version": "0.26.23",
     "date": "",
     "en": [
-      "LoTW: the downloaded confirmations list gains a Station column, so a list spanning several callsigns says which one each confirmation belongs to. Shown only when the report actually carries more than the one station."
+      "LoTW: the downloaded confirmations list gains a Station column, so a list spanning several callsigns says which one each confirmation belongs to. Shown only when the report actually carries more than the one station.",
+      "The band maps follow your IARU region (Settings → General): Region 2’s 40 m runs to 7300 kHz with phone from 7125 and its 80 m to 4000, Region 3’s 80 m to 3900 — the band edges and the CW/digital/phone shading all adjust."
     ],
     "fr": [
-      "LoTW : la liste des confirmations téléchargées gagne une colonne Station, pour savoir à quel indicatif appartient chaque confirmation quand le téléchargement en couvre plusieurs. Affichée seulement si le rapport en contient effectivement."
+      "LoTW : la liste des confirmations téléchargées gagne une colonne Station, pour savoir à quel indicatif appartient chaque confirmation quand le téléchargement en couvre plusieurs. Affichée seulement si le rapport en contient effectivement.",
+      "Les cartes de bande suivent votre région IARU (Réglages → Général) : le 40 m de la Région 2 va jusqu'à 7300 kHz avec la phonie dès 7125 et son 80 m jusqu'à 4000, le 80 m de la Région 3 jusqu'à 3900 — les limites de bande et les zones CW/numérique/phonie s'ajustent."
     ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BandMap.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BandMap.tsx
index 3df1b81..a33c596 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BandMap.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BandMap.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Minus, Plus, Crosshair, X, PanelLeft, PanelRight } from 'lucide-react';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { useI18n } from '@/lib/i18n';
+import { bandRange, bandSegments, subscribeIaruRegion, type SegMode } from '@/lib/bandplan';
 import { spotStatusKey, inferSpotMode, spotModeCategory } from '@/lib/spot';
 import { SPOT_MARKERS, activeMarkers } from '@/lib/spotMarkers';
 import { applySpotDisplay, readSpotDisplayOptions } from '@/lib/spotDisplay';
@@ -114,59 +115,26 @@ interface Props {
   keyNav?: boolean;
 }
 
-const BAND_RANGES: Record<string, [number, number]> = {
-  '160m': [1800, 2000],
-  '80m':  [3500, 3800],
-  '60m':  [5350, 5450],
-  '40m':  [7000, 7200],
-  '30m':  [10100, 10150],
-  '20m':  [14000, 14350],
-  '17m':  [18068, 18168],
-  '15m':  [21000, 21450],
-  '12m':  [24890, 24990],
-  '10m':  [28000, 29700],
-  '6m':   [50000, 50500],
-  '4m':   [70000, 70500],
-  '2m':   [144000, 146000],
-  '70cm': [430000, 440000],
+// Band edges and mode segments come from lib/bandplan, which knows the
+// operator's IARU region (Settings → General): a Region 2 operator's 40 m runs
+// to 7300 with phone from 7125, and drawing Region 1's plan under their spots
+// cut the top 100 kHz of the band off the map.
+//
+// Sub-band shading colours: these are IDENTITIES (which mode the segment is
+// for), not states, so they take categorical hues — never the status tokens.
+// All three are drawn from the cool end of the categorical order and laid down
+// at low opacity, so the band plan stays background context while the warm
+// spot pills keep the foreground. Checked with the palette validator in both
+// themes (violet failed the dark protan step; magenta clears every check).
+const SEG_COLOR: Record<SegMode, string> = {
+  cw: 'var(--chart-7)',    // magenta
+  digi: 'var(--chart-1)',  // blue
+  phone: 'var(--chart-2)', // aqua
 };
-
-// Sub-band shading: CW / digital / phone.
-//
-// These are IDENTITIES (which mode the segment is for), not states, so they take
-// categorical hues — never the status tokens. They used to use success / info /
-// warning, which collided head-on with the spot pills drawn ON TOP of them: amber
-// is "new band" in this very component's legend, so the whole SSB portion read as
-// a giant "new band" wash. Status colours are reserved for status.
-//
-// All three are drawn from the COOL end of the categorical order and laid down at
-// low opacity, so the band plan stays background context while the warm spot pills
-// keep the foreground to themselves.
-// Checked with the palette validator in BOTH themes. Violet was the first pick
-// for CW and failed on the dark steps — violet and blue land 1.9 ΔE apart for a
-// protan reader there, i.e. the same colour. Magenta clears every check on both
-// surfaces (worst adjacent pair 13.0 light / 15.9 dark).
-const SEG_CW = 'var(--chart-7)';    // magenta
-const SEG_DIGI = 'var(--chart-1)';  // blue
-const SEG_PHONE = 'var(--chart-2)'; // aqua
 // A band-plan wash is CONTEXT, not data: it must stay under the spot pills that
 // are read on top of it.
 const SEG_OPACITY = 0.13;
 
-const SEGMENT_COLORS: Record<string, [number, number, string][]> = {
-  '160m': [[1800, 1838, SEG_CW], [1838, 1840, SEG_DIGI], [1840, 2000, SEG_PHONE]],
-  '80m':  [[3500, 3580, SEG_CW], [3580, 3600, SEG_DIGI], [3600, 3800, SEG_PHONE]],
-  '60m':  [[5350, 5450, SEG_PHONE]],
-  '40m':  [[7000, 7040, SEG_CW], [7040, 7100, SEG_DIGI], [7100, 7200, SEG_PHONE]],
-  '30m':  [[10100, 10130, SEG_CW], [10130, 10150, SEG_DIGI]],
-  '20m':  [[14000, 14070, SEG_CW], [14070, 14100, SEG_DIGI], [14100, 14350, SEG_PHONE]],
-  '17m':  [[18068, 18095, SEG_CW], [18095, 18110, SEG_DIGI], [18110, 18168, SEG_PHONE]],
-  '15m':  [[21000, 21070, SEG_CW], [21070, 21150, SEG_DIGI], [21150, 21450, SEG_PHONE]],
-  '12m':  [[24890, 24915, SEG_CW], [24915, 24940, SEG_DIGI], [24940, 24990, SEG_PHONE]],
-  '10m':  [[28000, 28070, SEG_CW], [28070, 28300, SEG_DIGI], [28300, 29700, SEG_PHONE]],
-  '6m':   [[50000, 50100, SEG_CW], [50100, 50500, SEG_PHONE]],
-};
-
 // Small coloured dot + label used in the band-map legend strip.
 function LegendDot({ cls, colour, label }: { cls?: string; colour?: string; label: string }) {
   return (
@@ -309,8 +277,11 @@ export function BandMap({ band, spots, spotStatus: spotStatusRaw, currentFreqHz,
     for (const k of Object.keys(spotStatusRaw)) out[k] = applySpotDisplay(spotStatusRaw[k], dispOpts) as SpotStatusEntry;
     return out;
   }, [spotStatusRaw, dispOpts.muteWorked, dispOpts.slotHighlight]);
-  const range = BAND_RANGES[band];
-  const segments = SEGMENT_COLORS[band] ?? [];
+  // Re-render when the operator changes their IARU region in Settings.
+  const [, setRegionTick] = useState(0);
+  useEffect(() => subscribeIaruRegion(() => setRegionTick((n) => n + 1)), []);
+  const range = bandRange(band);
+  const segments = bandSegments(band).map(([a, b, m]) => [a, b, SEG_COLOR[m]] as [number, number, string]);
   const [zoomIdx, setZoomIdx] = useState(() => readZoom(band));
   // The docked map follows the rig, so a band change must bring up THAT band's
   // remembered zoom.
@@ -794,9 +765,9 @@ export function BandMap({ band, spots, spotStatus: spotStatusRaw, currentFreqHz,
         ))}
         {/* Sub-band shading, so the wash behind the pills is never colour-alone. */}
         <span className="mx-0.5 opacity-40">|</span>
-        <LegendDot colour={SEG_CW} label={t("bmp.legendCW")} />
-        <LegendDot colour={SEG_DIGI} label={t("bmp.legendData")} />
-        <LegendDot colour={SEG_PHONE} label={t("bmp.legendPhone")} />
+        <LegendDot colour={SEG_COLOR.cw} label={t("bmp.legendCW")} />
+        <LegendDot colour={SEG_COLOR.digi} label={t("bmp.legendData")} />
+        <LegendDot colour={SEG_COLOR.phone} label={t("bmp.legendPhone")} />
       </div>
       <div className="px-3 py-1 text-[9px] text-muted-foreground bg-muted/30 border-t border-border font-mono text-center shrink-0">
         {t('bmp.footerHint')}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx
index 5df819b..4a4816b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ import {
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { writeUiPref } from '@/lib/uiPref';
 import { setUseMiles } from '@/lib/units';
+import { iaruRegion, setIaruRegion, type IaruRegion } from '@/lib/bandplan';
 import { getDateFormat, setDateFormat, type DateFormat } from '@/lib/dateFormat';
 import { useI18n, FlagGB, FlagFR, type Lang } from '@/lib/i18n';
 import { useTheme, CONCRETE_THEMES, type ThemeChoice } from '@/lib/theme';
@@ -1749,6 +1750,7 @@ function SettingsModalImpl({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChanged
   const [lookupOnBlur, setLookupOnBlur] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem('opslog.lookupOnBlur') === '1');
   const [groupDigital, setGroupDigital] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem('opslog.groupDigitalSlots') === '1');
   const [milesUnit, setMilesUnit] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem('opslog.distanceMiles') === '1');
+  const [region, setRegion] = useState<IaruRegion>(() => iaruRegion());
   const [clusterWorkedSameSlot, setClusterWorkedSameSlot] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem('opslog.clusterWorkedSameSlot') === '1');
   // Declared HERE and not in ClusterPanel: that renderer is called as a plain
   // function by the PANELS map, so it must stay hooks-free.
@@ -7239,6 +7241,24 @@ function SettingsModalImpl({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChanged
             <Checkbox checked={groupDigital} onCheckedChange={(c) => { const v = !!c; setGroupDigital(v); writeUiPref('opslog.groupDigitalSlots', v ? '1' : '0'); }} />
             {t('gen.groupDigital')} <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('gen.groupDigitalHint')}</span>
           </label>
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm">
+            {/* The IARU region drives the band edges and mode segments the band
+                maps draw — Region 2's 40 m runs to 7300, Region 1's stops at
+                7200 — and nothing else: spots and logging are region-blind. */}
+            <span>{t('gen.iaruRegion')}</span>
+            <Select value={String(region)} onValueChange={(v) => {
+              const r = (v === '2' ? 2 : v === '3' ? 3 : 1) as IaruRegion;
+              setRegion(r); setIaruRegion(r);
+            }}>
+              <SelectTrigger className="h-8 w-64"><SelectValue /></SelectTrigger>
+              <SelectContent>
+                <SelectItem value="1">{t('gen.iaruR1')}</SelectItem>
+                <SelectItem value="2">{t('gen.iaruR2')}</SelectItem>
+                <SelectItem value="3">{t('gen.iaruR3')}</SelectItem>
+              </SelectContent>
+            </Select>
+            <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('gen.iaruHint')}</span>
+          </div>
           <label className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm cursor-pointer">
             {/* Distances are computed in km everywhere and converted at display
                 time — see lib/units. Changing this repaints the columns that
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/bandplan.ts b/frontend/src/lib/bandplan.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dff230f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/bandplan.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+// IARU band plans, by region.
+//
+// The band maps used to carry one hard-coded table — Region 1's — so a US or
+// Australian operator saw 40 m stop at 7200 while stations sat spotted at 7250,
+// and the SSB wash started 25 kHz early. The region is a station-level fact the
+// operator states once (Settings → General); everything drawing a band edge or
+// a mode segment reads it from here.
+//
+// The tables are deliberately coarse: a band map's wash is CONTEXT, not a
+// regulatory chart. Only the segments that differ between regions in ways an
+// operator notices are split out; national fine print (US licence classes,
+// beacon slots) does not belong in a background tint.
+import { writeUiPref } from '@/lib/uiPref';
+
+export type IaruRegion = 1 | 2 | 3;
+export const KEY_IARU_REGION = 'opslog.iaruRegion';
+
+export function iaruRegion(): IaruRegion {
+  try {
+    const v = localStorage.getItem(KEY_IARU_REGION);
+    return v === '2' ? 2 : v === '3' ? 3 : 1;
+  } catch { return 1; }
+}
+
+export function setIaruRegion(r: IaruRegion): void {
+  writeUiPref(KEY_IARU_REGION, String(r));
+  listeners.forEach((l) => l());
+}
+
+// The band maps capture the plan inside their render, so a change must reach
+// them the way the distance unit reaches the grids.
+const listeners = new Set<() => void>();
+export function subscribeIaruRegion(fn: () => void): () => void {
+  listeners.add(fn);
+  return () => { listeners.delete(fn); };
+}
+
+export type SegMode = 'cw' | 'digi' | 'phone';
+type Seg = [number, number, SegMode];
+
+interface Plan {
+  ranges: Record<string, [number, number]>;
+  segments: Record<string, Seg[]>;
+}
+
+// Region 1 — Europe / Africa / Middle East / northern Asia. The baseline the
+// other two override.
+const R1: Plan = {
+  ranges: {
+    '160m': [1800, 2000], '80m': [3500, 3800], '60m': [5350, 5450],
+    '40m': [7000, 7200], '30m': [10100, 10150], '20m': [14000, 14350],
+    '17m': [18068, 18168], '15m': [21000, 21450], '12m': [24890, 24990],
+    '10m': [28000, 29700], '6m': [50000, 50500], '4m': [70000, 70500],
+    '2m': [144000, 146000], '70cm': [430000, 440000],
+  },
+  segments: {
+    '160m': [[1800, 1838, 'cw'], [1838, 1840, 'digi'], [1840, 2000, 'phone']],
+    '80m': [[3500, 3580, 'cw'], [3580, 3600, 'digi'], [3600, 3800, 'phone']],
+    '60m': [[5350, 5450, 'phone']],
+    '40m': [[7000, 7040, 'cw'], [7040, 7100, 'digi'], [7100, 7200, 'phone']],
+    '30m': [[10100, 10130, 'cw'], [10130, 10150, 'digi']],
+    '20m': [[14000, 14070, 'cw'], [14070, 14100, 'digi'], [14100, 14350, 'phone']],
+    '17m': [[18068, 18095, 'cw'], [18095, 18110, 'digi'], [18110, 18168, 'phone']],
+    '15m': [[21000, 21070, 'cw'], [21070, 21150, 'digi'], [21150, 21450, 'phone']],
+    '12m': [[24890, 24915, 'cw'], [24915, 24940, 'digi'], [24940, 24990, 'phone']],
+    '10m': [[28000, 28070, 'cw'], [28070, 28300, 'digi'], [28300, 29700, 'phone']],
+    '6m': [[50000, 50100, 'cw'], [50100, 50500, 'phone']],
+  },
+};
+
+// Region 2 — the Americas. 80 m runs to 4000 and 40 m to 7300, with phone from
+// 7125 (the whole point of asking the region: a KP4 ragchew on 7250 must not
+// hang past the top of the map).
+const R2: Plan = {
+  ranges: {
+    ...R1.ranges,
+    '80m': [3500, 4000], '40m': [7000, 7300],
+    '6m': [50000, 54000], '2m': [144000, 148000], '70cm': [420000, 450000],
+  },
+  segments: {
+    ...R1.segments,
+    '80m': [[3500, 3570, 'cw'], [3570, 3600, 'digi'], [3600, 4000, 'phone']],
+    '40m': [[7000, 7040, 'cw'], [7040, 7125, 'digi'], [7125, 7300, 'phone']],
+    '6m': [[50000, 50100, 'cw'], [50100, 54000, 'phone']],
+  },
+};
+
+// Region 3 — Asia-Pacific. 80 m to 3900; 40 m as Region 1's shape.
+const R3: Plan = {
+  ranges: {
+    ...R1.ranges,
+    '80m': [3500, 3900],
+    '6m': [50000, 54000], '2m': [144000, 148000], '70cm': [430000, 450000],
+  },
+  segments: {
+    ...R1.segments,
+    '80m': [[3500, 3535, 'cw'], [3535, 3600, 'digi'], [3600, 3900, 'phone']],
+    '6m': [[50000, 50100, 'cw'], [50100, 54000, 'phone']],
+  },
+};
+
+function plan(): Plan {
+  const r = iaruRegion();
+  return r === 2 ? R2 : r === 3 ? R3 : R1;
+}
+
+export function bandRange(band: string): [number, number] | undefined {
+  return plan().ranges[band];
+}
+
+export function bandSegments(band: string): Seg[] {
+  return plan().segments[band] ?? [];
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
index 19b69cf..4c434bb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/i18n.tsx
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ const en: Dict = {
   'icmp.scopeNoStream': 'This radio does not send its scope over CI-V — its own screen still works.',
   'wk.catWarnTci': 'The CW keyer is set to the radio, but the CAT backend is "{backend}". Pick TCI in Settings → CAT, or another keying engine.',
   'wk.tciHint': "Keying goes through the radio's own macro keyer, over the link already open — no WinKeyer and no second serial port. The radio can stop a message but cannot un-type one, so there is no type-ahead correction here.",
+  'gen.iaruRegion': 'IARU region', 'gen.iaruHint': '(band plan drawn on the band maps)',
+  'gen.iaruR1': 'Region 1 — Europe, Africa, Middle East', 'gen.iaruR2': 'Region 2 — Americas', 'gen.iaruR3': 'Region 3 — Asia-Pacific',
   'gen.miles': 'Distances in miles', 'gen.milesHint': '(instead of kilometres)',
   'qslm.thStation': 'Station',
   'qslm.qrzTitle': 'Open this callsign on QRZ.com',
@@ -631,6 +633,8 @@ const fr: Dict = {
   'icmp.scopeNoStream': "Cette radio n'envoie pas son scope en CI-V — son propre écran fonctionne toujours.",
   'wk.catWarnTci': "Le manipulateur CW est réglé sur la radio, mais le backend CAT est « {backend} ». Choisissez TCI dans Réglages → CAT, ou un autre moteur de manipulation.",
   'wk.tciHint': "La manipulation passe par le keyer à macros de la radio, sur la liaison déjà ouverte — ni WinKeyer ni second port série. La radio sait interrompre un message mais pas en effacer la fin, donc pas de correction en frappe anticipée ici.",
+  'gen.iaruRegion': 'Région IARU', 'gen.iaruHint': '(plan de bande dessiné sur les cartes de bande)',
+  'gen.iaruR1': 'Région 1 — Europe, Afrique, Moyen-Orient', 'gen.iaruR2': 'Région 2 — Amériques', 'gen.iaruR3': 'Région 3 — Asie-Pacifique',
   'gen.miles': 'Distances en miles', 'gen.milesHint': '(au lieu des kilomètres)',
   'qslm.thStation': 'Station',
   'qslm.qrzTitle': 'Ouvrir cet indicatif sur QRZ.com',
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts b/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts
index 185b1ba..262b010 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const PORTABLE_KEYS = [
   'opslog.clusterLockBand', 'opslog.clusterLockMode', 'opslog.clusterStatusFilter',
   'opslog.clusterModeFilter', 'opslog.clusterSearch', 'opslog.clusterHideWorked',
   'opslog.distanceMiles', // distances shown in statute miles rather than km
+  'opslog.iaruRegion',    // IARU region (1/2/3) — band edges and segments on the band maps
   'opslog.activeTab',     // last selected tab
   'opslog.mainSplit',    // Main tab: width share of the left pane (percent) — legacy, read once to seed mainShares
   'opslog.mainShares',   // Main tab: column shares per column count, as {2:[..],3:[..],4:[..]}