Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Amateur Licence) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 1)
Radiocommunications Act 1992
The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Determination under paragraph 107 (1) (f) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
Richard Bean
[signed]
Member
Giles Tanner
[signed]
General Manager / Member
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Amateur Licence) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 1 January 2013.
Note All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.
3 Amendment of Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Amateur Licence) Determination No. 1 of 1997
Schedule 1 amends the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Amateur Licence) Determination No. 1 of 1997.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Subsection 3 (1)
insert
Exmouth Non Directional Beacon Area means an area that is within Australia being part of the geographic area described by a circle with a radius of 1000 kilometres whose centre is located at latitude 21 26 7 south, longitude 114 3 57 east.
[2] Subsection 3 (1), definition of Melbourne Area, including the note
omit
[3] Subsection 3 (1), definition of Perth Area, including the note
omit
[4] Subsection 3 (1), definition of Sydney Area, including the note
omit
[5] Subsection 3 (1)
insert
Timor Non Directional Beacon Area means an area that is within Australia being part of the geographic area described by a circle with a radius of 2000 kilometres whose centre is located at latitude 10 37 21 south, longitude 126 2 0 east.
[6] After section 15C
insert
15D Operating an amateur advanced station in the frequency band 472 kHz to 479 kHz
If a licensee operates an amateur advanced station in the frequency band 472 kHz to 479 kHz, the licensee must not operate the station using a radiated power of more than 5 watts pX EIRP.
[7] Schedule 2
substitute
Schedule 2 Permitted frequencies and emission modes (amateur advanced stations)
(sections 13 and 14)
Part 1 Permitted frequencies and emission modes
Item | Frequency band | Permitted emission modes |
1A | 135.7 kHz–137.8 kHz [see note 4] 472 kHz–479 kHz [see note 5]
| Any emission mode with a necessary bandwidth no greater than 2.1 kHz |
1 | 1.800 MHz–1.875 MHz 3.500 MHz–3.700 MHz 3.776 MHz–3.800 MHz 7.000 MHz–7.300 MHz 10.100 MHz–10.150 MHz 14.000 MHz–14.350 MHz 18.068 MHz–18.168 MHz 21.000 MHz–21.450 MHz 24.890 MHz–24.990 MHz | Any emission mode with a necessary bandwidth no greater than 8 kHz
|
2 | 28.000 MHz–29.700 MHz | Any emission mode with a necessary bandwidth no greater than 16 kHz |
3 | 50.000 MHz–54.000 MHz 144.000 MHz–148.000 MHz | Any emission mode with a necessary bandwidth no greater than 100 kHz |
4 | 430.000 MHz–450.000 MHz 1 240.000 MHz–1 300.000 MHz 2 300.000 MHz–2 302.000 MHz 2 400.000 MHz–2 450.000 MHz 3.300 GHz–3.425 GHz 3.425 GHz–3.4425 GHz [see note 2] 3.4425 GHz–3.475 GHz [see note 3] 3.475 GHz–3.4925 GHz [see note 2] 3.4925 GHz–3.5425 GHz 3.5425 GHz–3.575 GHz [see note 3] 3.575 GHz–3.600 GHz 5.650 GHz–5.850 GHz 10.000 GHz–10.500 GHz 24.000 GHz–24.250 GHz 47.000 GHz–47.200 GHz 76.000 GHz–81.000 GHz 122.250 GHz–123.000 GHz 134.000 GHz–141.000 GHz 241.000 GHz–250.000 GHz | Any emission mode |
Part 2 Excluded frequency ranges
Item | Area of operation | Excluded frequency range |
1 2 | Timor Non Directional Beacon Area Exmouth Non Directional Beacon Area | 472 kHz–479 kHz 472 kHz–479 kHz |
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Note 1 Operating restrictions imposed under sections 15 and 16 are not affected by the operation of this Schedule.
Note 2 The operation of an amateur advanced station in the bands 3.425 GHz–3.4425 GHz and 3.475 GHz–3.4925 GHz is subject to the limitation mentioned in section 15A.
Note 3 The operation of an amateur advanced station in the bands 3.4425 GHz–3.475 GHz and 3.5425 GHz–3.575 GHz is subject to the limitation mentioned in section 15B.
Note 4 The operation of an amateur advanced station in the band 135.7 kHz–137.8 kHz is subject to the limitation mentioned in section 15C.
Note 5 The operation of an amateur advanced station in the band 472 kHz–479 kHz is subject to the limitation mentioned in section 15D.