| 3.1 | Technical characteristics of the equipment used in Fixed and Mobile Services’ systems shall conform to all applicable South African standards, international standards, ITU and its radio regulations as agreed and adopted by South Africa. |
| 3.2 | All installations must comply with safety rules as specified in applicable standards. |
| 3.3 | The equipment used shall be certified under South African law and regulations. |
| 3.4 | The allocation of this frequency band and the information in the RFSAP are subject to review. |
| 3.5 | Frequency bands sub-allocations will be as per the SADC sub-allocations/utilisations as shown in Appendix A: |
| 3.5.1 | 335.4 - 336 MHz for PMR and/or PAMR |
| 3.5.2 | 336 - 346 MHz for Fixed Wireless Access (PTP//PTMP rural system – paired with 356 - 366 MHz) |
| 3.5.3 | 346.0 - 356.0 MHz for PMR and/or PAMR |
| 3.5.4 | 356.0 - 366.0 MHz for Fixed Wireless Access (PTP//PTMP rural system – paired with 336 - 346 MHz) |
| 3.5.5 | 366.0 - 386.0 MHz for PMR and/or PAMR |
| 3.6 | As seen in Appendix A, Footnote 5.254 4 applies. |
| 3.6.1 | Footnote 5.254: The bands 235 - 322 MHz and 335.4 - 399.9 MHz may be used by the mobile satellite service, subject to agreement obtained under No. 9.21, on condition that stations in this service do not cause harmful interference to those of other services operating or planned to be operated in accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations except for the additional allocation made in footnote No. 5.256A. (WRC-03) |
| 3.7 | The following documents may provide additional information for mobile-satellite service and UAV applications and typical characteristics and requirements for various systems operating in the band: |
| 3.7.1 | Recommendation M.1039-3 (03/06) Co-frequency sharing between stations in the mobile service below 1 GHz and mobile earth stations of non-geostationary mobile-satellite systems (Earth-space) using frequency division multiple access (FDMA). https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/m/R-REC-M.1039-3-200603-I!!PDF-E.pdf |
| 3.7.2 | ERC Report 087 Sharing studies between MES and existing terrestrial services in the bands already allocated to the MSS below 1 GHz, 1 June 2000. https://docdb.cept.org/download/2177 |
| 3.7.3 | Report ITU-R M.2204-0 (11/2010) Characteristics and spectrum considerations for sense and avoid systems use on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). https://www.itu.int/pub/R-REP-M.2204 |
| 3.7.4 | Recommendation ITU-R M.1808-1 (11/2019) Technical and operational characteristics of conventional and trunked land mobile systems operating in the mobile service allocations below 869 MHz to be used in sharing studies in bands below 960 MHz. https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-M.1808/en |
| 3.7.5 | Recommendation ITU-R SM.329-12 (09/2012) Unwanted emissions in the spurious domain. https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-SM.329 |
| 3.7.6 | Recommendation T/R 25-08 Planning criteria and cross-border coordination of frequencies for land mobile systems in the range 29.7-470 MHz. Approved 15 January 1990. Amended 28 September 2018. https://docdb.cept.org/document/909 . This document does not directly apply to the 335.4 – 380 MHz band (likely due to this band being devoted to defence in Europe) but may offer information useful for planning and coordination. |
| 3.7.7 | The documents Report ITU-R M.2014, ERC Report 104, ECC Report 97, ECC Report 42, ECC/DEC/(19)02, ECC Decision (04)06, ECC Report 173 do not directly apply to the 335.4 – 380 MHz band (likely due to this band being devoted to defence in Europe) but may offer a host of useful information, especially for PMR/PAMR. |
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4 The Footnote is from the National Radio Frequency Plan 2021 (NRFP-21).
