Radiocommunications (Aircraft Station) Class Licence 2001 (Cth)

Radiocommunications (Aircraft Station) Class Licence 2001

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY issues this Class Licence under subsection 132 (1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated 19 June 2001

A J SHAW

Chair

R HORTON

Deputy Chair

Australian Communications Authority

Contents

Page

Part 1Preliminary

1Name of Class Licence  3

2Commencement  3

3Definitions  3

Part 2Class licence

4Class Licence  5

Part 3Conditions

5Compliance with equipment specifications and standards  6

6Location of station  6

7Operator qualifications  6

8Station identification  6

9Operation outside Australia  7

10Communications between aircraft stations and between aircraft stations and aeronautical stations   7

11Communications between aircraft stations and aeronautical stations        7

12Use of frequencies  8

13Radiodetermination communications  8

Schedule 1        Equipment specifications and standards  9

Part 1.1Aeronautical equipment  9

Part 1.2VHF international maritime mobile service equipment  9

Schedule 2        Frequencies for operation  11

Part 2.1Operation on high frequencies  11

Part 2.2Operation on very high frequencies  11

Part 2.3Operation on radiodetermination frequencies  12

Part 1  Preliminary

1. Name of Class Licence

This Class Licence is the Radiocommunications (Aircraft Station) Class Licence 2001.

1. Commencement

This Class Licence commences on 1 July 2001.

1. Definitions

In this Class Licence:

aero club means a club formed by individuals to participate in activities relating to aircraft other than model aircraft.

Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) has the meaning given by regulation 4.12 of the Air Services Regulations.

aircraft means any machine or craft that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air, other than the reactions of the air against the earth’s surface.

aircraft station means a mobile station in the aeronautical mobile service, other than a survival craft station, located on board an aircraft.

Airservices means the body called Airservices Australia established by subsection 7 (1) of the Air Services Act 1995.

CASA means the Civil Aviation Safety Authority established by subsection 8 (1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988.

charter purposes has the meaning given by paragraph 206 (1) (b) of the Civil Aviation Regulations.

Civil Aviation Regulations means the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

Civil Aviation Orders means orders issued by CASA under regulation 5 of the Civil Aviation Regulations.

device compliance day means the most recent of the following days:

(a)if the device was manufactured in Australia — the day the device was manufactured;

(b)if the device was manufactured overseas and imported into Australia — the day it was imported;

(c)if the device was altered or modified in a material respect — the day it was altered or modified.

ICAO or International Civil Aviation Organisation has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act 1988.

radiodetermination means:

(a)determination, on the basis of propagation properties of radio waves, of:

(i)the position of an object; or

(ii)the velocity of the object; or

(iii)other characteristics of the object; or

(b)the obtaining of information about characteristics mentioned in paragraph (a).

SAR means search and rescue.

sport aviation body has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Regulations.

Note 1   For the definitions of other expressions used in this Class Licence, see the Radiocommunications Act 1992 and the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2000.

Note 2   Some expressions that are defined in this Class Licence are defined in identical terms in the Civil Aviation Act 1988.

Part 2  Class licence

1. Class Licence

This Class Licence authorises any person to operate an aircraft station if the person complies with the conditions in this Class Licence.

Note   Other requirements, under legislation administered by Airservices Australia or CASA, may apply to the person in relation to the operation of an aircraft station.

Part 3  Conditions

1. Compliance with equipment specifications and standards

A person must not operate an aircraft station unless each device included in the station:

(a)if the device has a device compliance day before 1 July 2001 —complies with a specification, equipment compliance requirement or standard, as in force on the device compliance day, that:

(i)is mentioned in Schedule 1; and

(ii)applies to the device; or

(b)if the device has a device compliance day on or after 1 July 2001 —complies with:

(i)a specification, equipment compliance requirement or standard, as in force on the device compliance day, that:

(A)is mentioned in Schedule 1; and

(B)applies to the device; and

(ii)any other standard that applies to the device on its device compliance day.

Note 1 If radiocommunications equipment is required to be fitted to, or carried on, an aircraft under the Civil Aviation Regulations, it must also comply with the relevant Civil Aviation Orders.

Note 2   The Australian Communications Authority wishes to make it clear that, if a standard mentioned in section 5 is amended, or replaced by another standard, after the device compliance day for a device, the device need not comply with the new or amended standard.

Note 3 Under section 5 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992, standard means a standard made under section 162 of that Act.

1. Location of station

A person may operate an aircraft station only if the station is on-board an aircraft.

1. Operator qualifications

A person may operate an aircraft station only if the person is qualified to operate the station in accordance with the relevant Civil Aviation Regulations and the Civil Aviation Orders.

1. Station identification

A person who operates an aircraft station must identify the station using:

(a)the nationality mark and the registration mark of the aircraft; or

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

(c)any other form of identification that clearly identifies the station.

Note   Other requirements, under legislation administered by Airservices Australia or CASA, may apply to the person in relation to the operation of an aircraft station.

1. Operation outside Australia

(1)A person operating an aircraft station outside Australia may operate the station only in accordance with:

(a)the International Telecommunication Union Radio Regulations; and

(b)if the station is in the territory of another country — the requirements of the country applicable to radiocommunications.

(2)If an aircraft station is to be operated outside Australia on a frequency authorised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and published in an Aeronautical Information Publication or similar document for that country as in force from time to time, the person may operate the station only to communicate with:

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

(b)an aircraft station.

1. Communications between aircraft stations and between aircraft stations and aeronautical stations

A person may operate an aircraft station to communicate with another aircraft station or with an aeronautical station only if the communication relates to:

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

(b)an emergency; or

(c)a matter that relates to the particular occupation or industry in which the aircraft to which the aircraft station relates is engaged.

1. Communications between aircraft stations and aeronautical stations

A person who is a member of an aero club, a flying school or a parachute club may operate an aircraft station to communicate with an aeronautical station for the particular activity only if:

(a)the aeronautical station is owned and operated by:

(i)an aero club; or

(ii)a flying school; or

(iii)a parachute club; and

(b)the communication occurs when the aircraft to which the aircraft station relates is engaged on a flight to or from the aerodrome at which the aeronautical station is located.

1. Use of frequencies

A person may operate an aircraft station only:

(a)for the purpose in column 2 of an item in Part 2.1 of Schedule 2 and on a carrier frequency mentioned in column 3 of the item utilising single sideband modulation using upper sideband with a necessary bandwidth not exceeding 2.8 kHz; or

(b)for the purpose in column 2 of an item in Part 2.2 of Schedule 2 on a carrier frequency mentioned in column 3 of the item; or

(c)on a frequency permitted in an Aeronautical Information Publication; or

(d)on any of the following frequencies for the purposes of search and rescue only:

(i)123.1 MHz;

(ii)123.2 MHz;

(iii)156.3 MHz;

(iv)156.8 MHz.

1. Radiodetermination communications

A person may operate an aircraft station for radiodetermination purposes only:

(a)for a purpose mentioned in column 2 of an item in Part 2.3 of Schedule 2; and

(b)on a frequency in a frequency band mentioned in column 3 of an item in Part 2.3 of Schedule 2.

Schedule 1          Equipment specifications and standards

(section 5)

Part 1.1       Aeronautical equipment

Item	Description of document
1	Specification for Radio Equipment Employed in Land and Harbour Mobile Radiocommunication Services (also known as RB 272), published by the Department of Communications in November 1980
2	Specification for Radio Equipment Employed in Land Mobile Radiocommunication Services (also known as RB 203), published by the Department of Communications in June 1982
3	Equipment Specification for Land Mobile Services (70–85 MHz, 92–94 MHz and Aeronautical Band 118-136 MHz) (also known as DOC 203A), published by the Department of Transport and Communications in October 1988
4	Equipment Specification for Land and Harbour Mobile Services (70–85 MHz, 148–174 MHz and Aeronautical Band 118–136 MHz) (also known as DOC 272A), published by the Department of Transport and Communications in February 1989
5	Equipment Compliance Requirements for radio equipment employed in Land Mobile Radiocommunications Services (also known as ECR 203A), published by the Department of Transport and Communications in April 1992
6	Equipment Compliance Requirements for radio equipment intended for use in the Aviation Service (also known as Equipment Compliance Requirement 272A), published by the Department of Transport and Communications in April 1992

Part 1.2       VHF international maritime mobile service equipment

Item	Description of document
1	Specification for Radio Equipment employed in the International VHF Maritime Mobile Radiotelephone Service (also known as RB 274), published by the Postal and Telecommunications Department in October 1977
2	Specification for Radio Equipment employed in the International VHF Maritime Mobile Radiotelephone Service (also known as RB 275), published by the Postal and Telecommunications Department in October 1977
3	Specification for the International VHF Maritime Mobile Radiotelephone Service (also known as RB 274), published by the Postal and Telecommunications Department in October 1988
4	Equipment Compliance Requirements for Radiotelephony Equipment used in the VHF International Maritime Mobile Service (incorporating Ministerial Standard 274) (also known as ECR 274), published by the Department of Transport and Communications in October 1990
5	Radiocommunications Standard (VHF Radiotelephone Equipment — Maritime Mobile Service) No. 1 of 1997, gazetted on 5 March 1997

Schedule 2          Frequencies for operation

(sections 12 and 13)

Part 2.1       Operation on high frequencies

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Purpose	Column 3 Carrier frequency (kHz)
1	Surveying	2140 4615
2	General use	3216 3704 3876 6628 6697

Part 2.2       Operation on very high frequencies

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Purpose	Column 3 Carrier frequency (MHz)
1	(a)  aero club operations    (b)  flying school operations    (c)  firespotting	119.1
2	Parachute club operations	119.2
3	Helicopter operations (air to air communications only)	120.4
4	Helicopter operations (ground to air communications only)	120.8
5	Aviation sport	120.85
6	Emergency location	121.5 243.0 406.025
7	Glider or sailplane operation	122.5 122.7 122.9
8	Fishing operations or agricultural operations including stock mustering	122.8
9	Aircraft industry testing	129.1
10	Crop dusting	129.6
11	Aerodrome operations	129.9
12	Charter purposes (above 20 000 feet)	135.95
13	Air show	127.90
14	Charter purposes and other purposes not listed in another item	126.4 128.9 135.55

Part 2.3       Operation on radiodetermination frequencies

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Purpose	Column 3 Frequency band (MHz)
1	Aeronautical Radionavigation Distance Measuring Equipment	1025–1150
2	Secondary Surveillance Radar Airborne Collision Avoidance System	1087–1093
3	Radio altimeter	4200–4400
4	Weather radar	5350–5470
5	Doppler radar	8750–8850
6	Doppler radar	13250–13400