Cradle Coast Amateur Radio Club - Licencing help page

Become an Amateur Radio Operator:

Contact the club's Learning Facilitator..
The learing facilitator can guide you as to what you need to know
and organise any training and examinations.. We have a training
package to help you on your way

Assessment requirements, details and costs..

Find out what it costs before you start..

Classes of amateur licences..
Foundation licence
This is an entry level licence that allows operation on the following
bands with 10w PEP

3.500 MHz–3.700 MHz 7.000 MHz–7.300 MHz 21.000 MHz–21.450 MHz	200HA1A (CW) 8K00A3E (AM) 4K00J3E (SSB)
28.000 MHz–29.700 MHz 144.000 MHz–148.000 MHz 430.000 MHz–450.000 MHz	200HA1A (CW) 8K00A3E (AM) 4K00J3E (SSB) 16K0F3E (FM) 16K0G3E (PM)

Standard licence
This class of licence allows operation on the following bands with
100w PEP and 30w AM & FM and more modes of operation

3.500 MHz–3.700 MHz 7.000 MHz–7.300 MHz 14.000 MHz–14.350 MHz 21.000 MHz–21.450 MHz	Any emission mode with a necessary bandwidth not exceeding 8 kHz
28.000 MHz–29.700 MHz 52.000 MHz–54.000 MHz 144.000 MHz–148.000 MHz 430.000 MHz–450.000 MHz 1 240.000 MHz–1 300.000 MHz 2 400.000 MHz–2 450.000 MHz 5.650 GHz–5.850 GHz	Any emission mode with a necessary bandwidth not exceeding 16 kHz

Advanced licence
This class of licence allows operation on the following bands with
400w PEP and 120w AM & FM and even more modes of operation

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 not exceeding 8 kHz
28.000 MHz–29.700 MHz	Any emission mode with a necessary bandwidth not exceeding 16 kHz
50.000 MHz–54.000 MHz 144.000 MHz–148.000 MHz	Any emission mode with a necessary bandwidth not exceeding 100 kHz
420.000 MHz–450.000 MHz 1240.000 MHz–1300.000 MHz 2300.000 MHz–2302.000 MHz 2400.000 MHz–2450.000 MHz 3.300 GHz–3.425 GHz 3.425 GHz–3.4425 GHz 3.4425 GHz–3.475 GHz 3.475 GHz–3.4925 GHz 3.4925 GHz–3.5425 GHz 3.5425 GHz–3.575 GHz 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

There are some restrictions in certain bands not shown - consult
the ACMA's LCD for more details

ACMA guide - Amateur operating procedures

ACMA - Amateur licence information