Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Area-Wide Licence) Determination 2020
11Co-existence with earth receive stations
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11 Co-existence with earth receive stations
(1) The licensee of an area-wide licence must not operate a radiocommunications transmitter within the frequency range 25.5 GHz–27 GHz if the transmitter is located in any of the following HCIS identifiers: BU7K, BU7L, BU7O, BU7P, BU8E, BU8F, BU8G, BU8I, BU8J, BU8K, BU8L, BU8M, BU8N, BU8O, BU8P, BV2A, BV2B, MW4H1, MW4H2, MW4H4, MW4H5, MW4H6, MW4H7, MW4H8, MW4D7, MW4L2.
Note: The areas with HCIS identifiers that begin with B are located north and north-east of Perth. The areas with HCIS identifiers that begin with M are located in the Australian Capital Territory, and in New South Wales to the west of the Australian Capital Territory.
(2) The licensee of an area-wide licence must not operate a fixed transmitter (the relevant transmitter) that:
(a) is not a base station; and
(b) is not an indoor transmitter; and
(c) operates with a maximum total radiated power that is:
(i) greater than 23 dBm per occupied bandwidth; and
(ii) less than or equal to 35 dBm per occupied bandwidth;
unless the relevant transmitter is coordinated, in the manner set out in RALI MS 46, with any earth receive station that was in operation before the licensee first operated the relevant transmitter.
Note: All RALIs made by the ACMA are available, free of charge, from the ACMA’s website: www.acma.gov.au.