Radiocommunications (Aircraft and Aeronautical Mobile Stations) Class Licence 2026

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Contents

Part 1 Preliminary #

1Name#

This instrument is the Radiocommunications (Aircraft and Aeronautical Mobile Stations) Class Licence 2026.

2Commencement#

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

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation is available, free of charge, at www.legislation.gov.au.

3Authority#

This instrument is made under section 132 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

4Repeal#

The Radiocommunications (Aircraft and Aeronautical Mobile Stations) Class Licence 2016 (F2016L01294) is repealed.

5Interpretation#

(1)In this instrument:

aero club means a club formed by individuals to participate in activities relating to aircraft that are not model aircraft.

Note 1: The club does not need to be a body corporate.

Note 2: The club may deal with activities that relate to model aircraft, or other matters, but to be an aero club the club must deal with activities relating to aircraft that are not model aircraft.

Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Service (ARFFS) has the meaning given by the Manual of Standards Part 139H – Standards Applicable to the Provision of Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Services.

Note: The Manual of Standards Part 139H – Standards Applicable to the Provision of Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Services is available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

aeronautical mobile station means:

(a)a mobile station (other than an aircraft station or an earth station) that operates with a transmitter output power that:

(i)if the station is operated at a location, and on a frequency, that is the same as the location from which, and frequency on which, another station is authorised to operate in accordance with an aeronautical licence – does not exceed 25 watts; or

(ii)in any other case – does not exceed 5 watts; or

(b)a mobile station operated both:

(i)for a purpose mentioned in column 1 of Table 3 in Schedule 1; and

(ii)on a frequency in a frequency band mentioned in column 2 of Table 3 in Schedule 1, in relation to that purpose.

AIP means the Aeronautical Information Publication published by Airservices Australia.

Note: The AIP is available, free of charge, from Airservices Australia’s website at www.airservicesaustralia.com. For more information about the AIP, see section 14 of the Air Services Regulations 2019, which are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au. Airservices Australia is established by the Air Services Act 1995.

aircraft has the meaning given by the Civil Aviation Act 1988.

aircraft station:

(a)means a station that is operated on board an aircraft for communication with:

(i)another aircraft station, the operation of which is authorised by this instrument; or

(ii)an aeronautical station; and

(b)includes equipment of a kind that is in a survival craft of an aircraft.

air transport operation has the meaning given by the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

Note: The Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

AS/NZS 4280.1 means:

(a)the Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4280.1:2022 Global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS), Part 1: Cospas-Sarsat EPIRB – Emergency position indicating radio beacon operating on 406 MHz – Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results (IEC 61097-2 (Ed.4.0) MOD), published by Standards Australia; or

(b)if a later document published by Standards Australia is expressed to replace the document mentioned in paragraph (a) – the later document.

Note: AS/NZS 4280.1 may be obtained, for a fee, directly from the website of Standards Australia or a distributor listed on the Standards Australia website: www.standards.org.au. AS/NZS 4280.1 is also available to be viewed, on prior request, at an ACMA office, subject to licensing conditions.

AS/NZS 4280.2 means:

(a)the Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4280.2:2023 406 MHz Satellite Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs), published by Standards Australia; or

(b)if a later document published by Standards Australia is expressed to replace the document mentioned in paragraph (a) – the later document.

Note: AS/NZS 4280.2 may be obtained, for a fee, directly from the website of Standards Australia or a distributor listed on the Standards Australia website: www.standards.org.au. AS/NZS 4280.2 is also available to be viewed, on prior request, at an ACMA office, subject to licensing conditions.

CASA means the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

device compliance day, for a radiocommunications device, means:

(a)if the device was manufactured in Australia and paragraph (c) does not apply– the day it was manufactured; or

(b)if the device was imported and paragraph (c) does not apply – the day it was imported; or

(c)if the device was manufactured in Australia or imported, and altered or modified in a material respect in Australia after it was manufactured or imported – the day it was so altered or modified.

ELT (short for Emergency Locator Transmitter) means a radiocommunications transmitter that is:

(a)designed or intended to assist locating a person or thing that the transmitter accompanies; and

(b)carried on, or fitted to, an aircraft in compliance with an instrument made under the Civil Aviation Act 1988 or the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

Note 1: The Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

Note 2: The Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 empower CASA to make legislative instruments, such as manuals of standards. Each such legislative instrument is available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

Note 3: The Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 also empower CASA to give instruments to particular persons, such as a direction. The person who is subject to that instrument will necessarily have a copy of the instrument.

flight level has the meaning given by the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

Note: The Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

ICAO means the International Civil Aviation Organization formed under Article 43 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation concluded at Chicago on 7 December 1944.

markings has the meaning given by regulation 45.015 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

Note: The Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

personal locator beacon means a device designed or intended for use in the mobile-satellite service, the emissions of which are intended to facilitate search and rescue operations.

sport aviation body has the meaning given by the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

Note 1: The Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

Note 2: A number of other expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) ACMA;

(b) apparatus licence;

(d) import;

(e) operate;

(f) radiocommunication;

(g) radiocommunications device.

Note 3: The definition of ‘aircraft’ is different to the definition in the Act.

Note 4: Other expressions used in this instrument may be defined in a determination, made under subsection 64(1) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005, that applies to this instrument, including:

(a) Act;

(b) aeronautical station;

(d) communication;

(e) COSPAS-SARSAT System;

(f) earth station;

(g) EPIRB;

(h) frequency band;

(i) mobile-satellite service;

(j) mobile station;

(k) necessary bandwidth;

(l) Radio Regulations;

(m) single sideband;

(n) station;

(o) upper sideband.

Note 5: The definition of ‘aircraft station’ is different to the definition in the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2025, as in force when this instrument was made.

(2)In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a part of the spectrum or frequency band includes all frequencies that are greater than but not including the lower frequency, up to and including the higher frequency.

Note: This means the lower number in the reference to the part of the spectrum or frequency band is not included in the part or band.

(3)Unless the contrary intention appears, no condition in Part 3 limits any other condition in Part 3.

6References to other instruments#

In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears:

(a)a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other legislative instrument as in force from time to time; and

(b)a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force, or existing, from time to time.

Note 1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.

Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note 3: See section 314A of the Act.

Part 2 Class licence #

7Class licence#

(1)Subject to subsection (2) and the conditions in Part 3, this instrument authorises a person to operate:

(a)an aircraft station; or

(b)an aeronautical mobile station; or

(c)an ELT.

Note: Other requirements may apply to a person in relation to the operation of an aircraft station, an aeronautical mobile station or an ELT, whether under the Act or other legislation.

Example: The Civil Aviation Act 1988, or instruments under that Act, may set requirements that apply to a person in relation to the operation of an aircraft station, an aeronautical mobile station or an ELT.

(2)This instrument does not authorise the operation of a radiocommunications device by a person where:

(a)the operation of the device by the person is authorised by an apparatus licence; or

(b)the operation of the device by the person would be authorised by an apparatus licence, but for the person operating the device in contravention of a condition of that licence.

Note: Operation of a radiocommunications device is authorised by an apparatus licence only if it is in accordance with the conditions of the licence (see subsection 97(4) of the Act).

Part 3 Conditions #

8Aircraft stations and aeronautical mobile stations – compliance with particular documents#

(1)Subject to subsection (4), a person must not operate a radiocommunications device with a device compliance day that occurred before 18 August 2016, unless the device complies with section 6 of the Radiocommunications (Aircraft and Aeronautical Mobile Stations) Class Licence 2006, as in force immediately before 18 August 2016.

Note: The Radiocommunications (Aircraft and Aeronautical Mobile Stations) Class Licence 2006 is available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

(2)Subject to subsection (4), a person must not operate a radiocommunications device unless the device complies with the requirements specified to apply to it in one of the standards specified in subsection (3).

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2), the standards are:

(a)either:

(i)IEC 62287-1:2017 Maritime navigation and radiocommunications equipment and systems – Class B shipborne equipment of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) – Part 1: Carrier-sense time division multiple access (CSTDMA) techniques, published by the International Electrotechnical Commission, other than clause 6.5.2; or

(ii)if the International Electrotechnical Commission publishes another document to replace that standard – the other document; and

(b)either:

(i)IEC 61993-2:2018 Maritime navigation and radiocommunications equipment and systems – Automatic identification systems (AIS) Part 2: Class A shipborne equipment of the automatic identification system (AIS) – Operational and performance requirements, methods of test and required test results, published by the International Electrotechnical Commission; or

(ii)if the International Electrotechnical Commission publishes another document to replace that standard – the other document.

Note 1: IEC 62287-1:2017 and IEC 61993-2:2018 may be obtained, for a fee, directly from the website of the International Electrotechnical Commission: webstore.iec.ch. IEC 62287-1:2017 and IEC 61993-2:2018 are also available to be viewed, on prior request, at an ACMA office, subject to licensing conditions.

Note 2: Clause 6.5.2 of IEC 62287-1:2017, which is mentioned in subparagraph (3)(a)(i), sets out the information reporting intervals that are to be used when operating ‘Class B shipborne equipment of the Automatic Identification System (AIS)’.

Note 3: If a radiocommunications device must be carried on, or fitted to, an aircraft under any instrument made under the Civil Aviation Act 1988 or the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, those obligations must also be met, to the extent required by that Act.

Note 4: Under Part 4.1 of the Act, a person may be prohibited from operating a radiocommunications device if the device does not comply with requirements set out in equipment rules made under section 156 of the Act.

(4)This section does not apply in relation to the operation of an ELT.

9Compliance with ARPANSA Standard#

(1)A person must not operate a radiocommunications device, or a group of radiocommunications devices, if:

(a)equipment rules do not prescribe the EME standard for the device, or for 2 or more devices in the group; and

(b)the device, or group, when operated, does not comply with the basic restrictions for general public exposure.

Note: If equipment rules prescribe the EME standard for a radiocommunications device, see section 160 of the Act.

(2)In subsection (1):

basic restrictions means the restrictions identified as basic restrictions in the ARPANSA Standard.

Note: The ARPANSA Standard is available, free of charge, from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency website at www.arpansa.gov.au.

EME standard has the meaning given by the:

(a)the Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021; or

(b)if a later instrument replaces those rules and defines the term – the later instrument.

Note: The Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

10Compliance with Civil Aviation Act 1988#

A person must not operate a radiocommunications device if the Civil Aviation Act 1988 prohibits the person from operating the device.

Example: If the Civil Aviation Act 1988 has the effect of requiring a person to have a particular qualification before operating an aircraft station or aeronautical mobile station, the person must not operate the station unless the person has that qualification.

11Identification of aircraft station and aeronautical mobile station#

Aircraft station

(1)A person must not operate an aircraft station unless the person transmits:

(a)the markings of the relevant aircraft (excluding any hyphens); or

(b)the registration issued for the relevant aircraft by a sport aviation body; or

(c)another form of identification that clearly identifies the station;

during each transmission, or each series of transmissions, made by the person.

Aeronautical mobile station

(2)A person must not operate an aeronautical mobile station unless the person clearly identifies the station during each transmission, or each series of transmissions, made by the person.

12Communication between aircraft stations and aeronautical mobile stations#

Aircraft station

(1)A person must not operate an aircraft station otherwise than to communicate with one or more of the following:

(a)an aircraft station that is operated on a frequency specified in paragraph 14(1)(c), (d) or (e);

(b)an aeronautical station;

(c)a station that is operated both:

(i)for a purpose specified in column 1 of a table item of Table 1 or Table 3 in Schedule 1; and

(ii)on a frequency specified in column 2 of the table item;

(d)a station that is both:

(i)specified in column 1 of a table item of Table 2 in Schedule 1; and

(ii)on a frequency specified in column 2 of the table item.

Aeronautical mobile station

(2)A person must not operate an aeronautical mobile station otherwise than to communicate with one or more of the following:

(a)an aircraft station that is operated on a frequency specified in paragraph 14(1)(c), (d) or (e);

(b)an aeronautical station;

(c)an aeronautical mobile station that is operated on a frequency specified in paragraph 14(2)(c) or (d);

(d)a station that is operated both:

(i)for a purpose specified in column 1 of a table item of Table 1 or Table 3 in Schedule 1; and

(ii)on a frequency specified in column 2 of the table item;

(e)a station that is both:

(i)specified in column 1 of a table item of Table 2 in Schedule 1; and

(ii)on a frequency specified in column 2 of the table item.

Permitted communications

(3)Subject to subsection (4), a person must not operate an aeronautical mobile station or an aircraft station otherwise than for a communication that relates to one or more of the following:

(a)the safe and expeditious conduct of a flight;

(b)an emergency;

(c)a matter that relates to the particular occupation or industry in which:

(i)for an aircraft station – the aircraft to which the station relates is engaged; or

(ii)for an aeronautical mobile station – the station is engaged.

Note: A communication made using an aircraft station must both be for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1) and relate to a matter mentioned in subsection (3). A communication made using an aeronautical mobile station must both be for a purpose mentioned in subsection (2) and relate to a matter mentioned in subsection (3).

(4)Subsection (3) does not apply to a person employed by:

(a)Airservices Australia; or

(b)CASA.

13Aircraft stations – operation outside Australia#

(1)A person must not operate an aircraft station outside Australia otherwise than in accordance with:

(a)the Radio Regulations; and

(b)if the station is in the territory of another country – the requirements of the country that apply to radiocommunications.

Note: The Radio Regulations are available, free of charge, from the website of the International Telecommunication Union at www.itu.int.

(2)A person must not operate an aircraft station outside Australia on a frequency authorised by ICAO and published in:

(a)the AIP; or

(b)if the station is within the territory of another country – a similar document for the country;

otherwise than to communicate with:

(c)an aeronautical station operated in another country; or

(d)an aircraft station.

Note 1: The AIP is available, free of charge, from Airservices Australia’s website at www.airservicesaustralia.com. For more information about the AIP, see section 14 of the Air Services Regulations 2019, which are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

Note 2: The Act applies outside Australia in the circumstances specified in section 16 of the Act. In particular, the Act applies outside Australia to Australian aircraft and to the members of the crew of Australian aircraft. See also sections 23 and 195 of the Act.

14Aircraft stations and aeronautical mobile stations – frequencies, purposes and other requirements#

Aircraft stations

(1)A person must not operate an aircraft station otherwise than in accordance with one or more of the following:

(a)the station is operated:

(i)for a purpose specified in column 1 of a table item in Table 1 of Schedule 1; and

(ii)using a frequency specified in column 2 of the table item as the carrier frequency; and

(iii)if column 3 of the table item specifies an additional limitation – in accordance with that limitation;

(b)the station is operated on a frequency specified for use by an aircraft station in the AIP;

(c)the station is operated for search and rescue purposes:

(i)on one of the following frequencies:

(A)2,182 kHz;

(B)3,023 kHz;

(D)5,680 kHz;

(E)121.5 MHz;

(F)123.1 MHz;

(G)123.2 MHz;

(H)156.3 MHz;

(I)156.8 MHz;

(J)243 MHz; or

(ii)if the station is, or is part of, an Automatic Identification System (AIS) – on 161.975 MHz or 162.025 MHz;

(d)if the station is, or is part of, an Automatic Identification System (AIS) – the station is operated:

(i)for the purpose of the safe and expeditious conduct of a flight; and

(ii)on 161.975 MHz or 162.025 MHz;

(e)the station is:

(i)specified in column 1 of a table item in Table 2 of Schedule 1; and

(ii)operated on a frequency in a frequency band specified in column 2 of the table item.

Aeronautical mobile stations

(2)A person must not operate an aeronautical mobile station otherwise than in accordance with one or more of the following:

(a)the station is operated:

(i)for a purpose specified in column 1 of a table item in Table 1 of Schedule 1; and

(ii)using a frequency specified in column 2 of the table item as the carrier frequency; and

(iii)if column 3 of the table item specifies an additional limitation – in accordance with that limitation;

(b)the station is operated on a frequency specified for use by an aeronautical mobile station in the AIP;

(c)the station is operated for search and rescue purposes on one of the following frequencies:

(i)3,023 kHz;

(ii)5,680 kHz;

(iii)121.5 MHz;

(iv)123.1 MHz;

(v)123.2 MHz;

(vi)243 MHz;

(d)the station is operated:

(i)for a purpose specified in column 1 of a table item in Table 3 of Schedule 1; and

(ii)on a frequency in a frequency band specified in column 2 of the table item.

15Frequencies, purposes and other requirements – ELTs#

(1)A person must not operate an ELT otherwise than for one or more of the following:

(a)facilitating search and rescue;

(b)self-testing the device;

(c)operational testing of the device.

Note 1: If a condition in this section requires an ELT only to be operated for one of the purposes mentioned in this subsection, to comply with this instrument the device must not be operated for the other purposes mentioned in this subsection.

Note 2: An ELT will usually have a self-test function, which is designed to test the operation of the ELT with a limited transmission that does not engage search and rescue activities. Operational testing involves the operation of the ELT otherwise than using the self-test function.

Note 3: Self-testing an ELT, and operational testing of the ELT, should follow any manufacturer’s instructions for that testing, and should follow any policy for that testing published by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on its website at www.amsa.gov.au.

(2)A person must not operate an ELT otherwise than in accordance with one or more of the following:

(a)in accordance with each of the following:

(i)for the purpose of facilitating search and rescue; and

(ii)for the purpose of transmitting to the COSPAS-SARSAT System; and

(iii)on a frequency between 406 MHz and 406.1 MHz; or

(b)in accordance with each of the following:

(i)for the purpose of facilitating search and rescue; and

(ii)for the purpose of transmitting a homing signal; and

(iii)on 121.5 MHz or 243 MHz;

(c)in accordance with each of the following:

(i)for the purpose of self-testing the ELT;

(ii)the performance requirements for self-testing in a document mentioned in subsection (3);

(iii)on 121.5 MHz or 243 MHz, or on a frequency between 406 MHz and 406.1 MHz;

(d)in accordance with each of the following:

(i)for the purpose of operational testing of the ELT;

(ii)on 121.5 MHz or 243 MHz, or on a frequency between 406 MHz and 406.1 MHz;

(iii)the person has, before operating the ELT, obtained the approval of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

Note 1: Self-testing an ELT, and operational testing of the ELT, should follow any manufacturer’s instructions for that testing, and should follow any policy for that testing published by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on its website at www.amsa.gov.au.

Note 2: For paragraph (b) and homing signals, see Article 32.62 of the Radio Regulations. The Radio Regulations are available, free of charge, from the website of the International Telecommunication Union at www.itu.int.

Note 3: For the purposes of subparagraph (d)(iii), the Australian Maritime Safety Authority may have regard to its testing policy before giving approval. That policy is available, free of charge, from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s website at www.amsa.gov.au.

Note 4: For the purposes of the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (1979), the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is the rescue coordination centre for the international region that includes Australia.

(3)For the purposes of subparagraph (c)(ii), the documents are:

(a)C/S T.001 Specification for COSPAS-SARSAT 406 MHz Distress Beacons, published by the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme;

(b)C/S T.018 Specification for second-generation COSPAS-SARSAT 406-MHz Distress Beacons, published by the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme.

Note: C/S T.001 and C/S T.018 are available, free of charge, from the website of the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme at www.cospas-sarsat.int.

(4)If an ELT is an EPIRB, a person must not operate the ELT unless the ELT complies with the requirements specified to apply to it in AS/NZS 4280.1, as existing on the device compliance day for the ELT.

(5)If an ELT is a personal locator beacon, a person must not operate the ELT unless the ELT complies with the requirements specified to apply to it in AS/NZS 4280.2, as existing on the device compliance day for the ELT.

Note: AS/NZS 4280.1 and AS.NZS 4280.2 may be obtained, for a fee, directly from the website of Standards Australia or a distributor listed on the Standards Australia website: www.standards.org.au. AS/NZS 4280.1 and AS/NZS 4280.2 are also available to be viewed, on prior request, at an ACMA office, subject to licensing conditions.

Schedule 1 Purposes, stations and frequencies #

(sections 5, 12 and 14)

Table 1 – Radiocommunications devices on very high frequencies

Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
	Purposes	Frequency	Additional limitation
1	One or more of the following:(a) aero club operations;(b) flight training operations;(c) firefighting operations	119.1 MHz	If used for the purposes of aero club operations, the device must not be operated for communications to or from a model aircraft
2	Parachute club operations	119.2 MHz
3	Helicopter operations (air to air communications)	120.4 MHz
4	Helicopter operations (air to ground and ground to air communications)	120.8 MHz
5	Aviation sport	120.85 MHz
6	Emergency operations (satellite location and aircraft stations)	A frequency in the frequency band 406 MHz to 406.1 MHz
7	Emergency operations (homing for aircraft stations)	121.5 MHz
8	Glider or sailplane operations	(a) 122.5 MHz(b) 122.7 MHz(c) 122.9 MHz
9	Fishing operations, or agricultural operations (including aerial mustering)	122.8 MHz
10	Pilot to pilot communications	123.45 MHz
11	Air show	127.9 MHz
12	Traffic information broadcasts	128.95 MHz	Must not be operated below flight level 200
13	Traffic information broadcasts	126.35 MHz	Must not be operated at or above flight level 200
14	Aircraft industry testing	129.1 MHz
15	Agricultural operations (including crop dusting)	129.6 MHz
16	Aerodrome operations	129.9 MHz
17	Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Service (ARFFS) purposes	131 MHz
18	Search and rescue training	(a) 121.4 MHz(b) 121.65 MHz(c) 121.775 MHz
19	Air transport operations above 20,000 feet	135.95 MHz	Must not be operated at or below 20,000 feet
20	Air transport operations, and any purpose not otherwise listed in this table	(a) 126.4 MHz(b) 128.9 MHz(c) 135.55 MHz

Table 2 – Aircraft stations on radionavigation frequencies

Item	Column 1	Column 2
	Station	Frequency bands
1	Aeronautical Radionavigation Distance Measuring Equipment	1024 MHz to 1151 MHz
2	Airborne Collision Avoidance System (interrogator)	1026 MHz to 1034 MHz
3	TransponderAutomatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast	1087 MHz to 1093 MHz
4	Radio altimeter	4200 MHz to 4400 MHz
5	Weather RADAR	(a) 5350 MHz to 5470 MHz(b) 9300 MHz to 9500 MHz
6	Doppler RADAR	(a) 8750 MHz to 8850 MHz(b) 13,250 MHz to 13,400 MHz

Note: Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast is an air traffic surveillance technology that enables aircraft to be tracked. For more information, see the Airservices Australia website at www.airservicesaustralia.com.

Table 3 – Aeronautical mobile stations on radionavigation frequencies

Item	Column 1	Column 2
	Purposes	Frequency bands
1	Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast	1087 MHz to 1093 MHz

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1Name#

2Commencement#

3Authority#

4Repeal#

5Interpretation#

6References to other instruments#

7Class licence#

8Aircraft stations and aeronautical mobile stations – compliance with particular documents#

9Compliance with ARPANSA Standard#

10Compliance with Civil Aviation Act 1988#

11Identification of aircraft station and aeronautical mobile station#

12Communication between aircraft stations and aeronautical mobile stations#

13Aircraft stations – operation outside Australia#

14Aircraft stations and aeronautical mobile stations – frequencies, purposes and other requirements#

15Frequencies, purposes and other requirements – ELTs#

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History · 1 version

1Name#

2Commencement#

3Authority#

4Repeal#

5Interpretation#

6References to other instruments#

7Class licence#

8Aircraft stations and aeronautical mobile stations – compliance with particular documents#

9Compliance with ARPANSA Standard#

10Compliance with Civil Aviation Act 1988#

11Identification of aircraft station and aeronautical mobile station#

12Communication between aircraft stations and aeronautical mobile stations#

13Aircraft stations – operation outside Australia#

14Aircraft stations and aeronautical mobile stations – frequencies, purposes and other requirements#

15Frequencies, purposes and other requirements – ELTs#

Key facts