Sound Outside Broadcast (SOB) (800 MHz band)

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Sound Outside Broadcast (SOB) station (800 MHz band)

Sound Outside Broadcast (SOB) station (800 MHz band)

Licence type	Option	Frequency band(s)
10.0 Fixed	10.6 Sound Outside Broadcast (SOB) station	800 MHz Band (845–851 MHz)

Band/Channel plan(s)	800 MHz Band Plan See Annex A of RALI FX22 for channel arrangements.
Licence information	Fixed licence: point to point
Licence conditions determinations	Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Fixed Licence) Determination 2025 Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Transmitter Licence) Determination 2025
Spectrum embargoes (current as of last update of this page)	Embargo 41 applies. For a current list of applicable embargoes, see RALI MS03.
Coordination criteria (RALIs, advisory guidelines, etc.)	Intra-service coordination RALI FX22 – Frequency assignment requirements for the fixed service in the 800 MHz band Inter-service coordination RALI MS32 – Coordination of apparatus licensed services within the Mid West Radio Quiet Zone Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference from Spectrum Licensed Transmitters – 800 MHz Band) 2012 Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference to Spectrum Licensed Receivers – 800 MHz Band) 2012
AP alert	In 2015 we completed a review of spectrum arrangements in the 803 to 960 MHz band.
Frequency assignment practices
Business operating procedures	ACMA contact details for accredited persons Assignment limit for co-path single-channel links in the VHF and UHF bands Procedure for submitting requests for exemptions from embargoes Radiocommunications site data requirements Submission of antenna radiation pattern envelope data to the ACMA BOP Correcting information in the ACMA’s Register of Radiocommunications Licences
Spatial data	Download embargo areas, in Placemark (Google Earth) and Shapefile format, from spectrum embargoes.
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