Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence Variation 2017 (No. 1)

 

The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following Variation under subsection 132(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated: 6 April 2017

Richard Bean

[signed]

Member

 

James Cameron

[signed]

Member/General Manager

 

Australian Communications and Media Authority

 

 

 

 

1  Name

  This is the Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence Variation 2017 (No. 1).

2  Commencement

  This Variation commences at the start of the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed at https://www.legislation.gov.au.

3  Authority

  This Variation is made under subsection 132(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

4  Amendments

  The instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 is varied as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.

 

 

Schedule 1Variations

(section 4)

Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence 2015 (F2015L00876)

[1] Subsection 4(1), definition of CB repeater station, paragraph (a)

omit

established

insert

operating

[2] Subsection 5(1)

substitute

Subject to sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 a person may operate a CB station of a kind to which subsection (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) applies.

[3] Paragraph 6(i)

omit 

[4] Schedule 1, Item 5

substitute

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

476.4250

476.4500

476.4750

476.5000

476.5250

476.5500

476.5750

476.6000

477.1750

477.2000

477.2250

477.2500

477.2750

477.3000

477.3250

477.3500

 (a) Operation of a CB station must only employ F3E or G3E with a transmitter power not exceeding 5 watts pZ and with a necessary bandwidth not exceeding 16 kHz.

 (b) The use of audio tones, including subaudible tones, for initiating communications with another CB station, is not authorised on channel 35.

 

Note Channels 1-8 are for the automatic re-transmission of radio signals from CB stations. Channels 31-38 are for the reception of radio signals from CB stations.

[5] Schedule 1, Item 8

substitute

8

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

476.4250

476.4500

476.4750

476.5000

476.5250

476.5500

476.5750

476.6000

477.1750

477.2000

477.2250

477.2500

477.2750

477.3000

477.3250

477.3500

 (a) Operation of a CB station must only employ F3E or G3E with a transmitter power not exceeding 5 watts pZ and with a necessary bandwidth not exceeding 10.1 kHz.

 (b) The use of audio tones, including subaudible tones, for initiating communications with another CB station, is not authorised on channel 35.

Note Channels 1-8 and 41-48 are for the automatic re-transmission of radio signals from CB stations. Channels 31-38 and 71-78 are for the reception of radio signals from CB stations.

 

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

476.4375

476.4625

476.4875

476.5125

476.5375

476.5625

476.5875

476.6125

477.1875

477.2125

477.2375

477.2625

477.2875

477.3125

477.3375

477.3625