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AS/NZS 5070.1:2008
[Current]Provides general guidelines for fixed, mobile and broadcasting facilities including fixed location satellite earth stations independent of the operating frequency
Published: 19/05/2008
Pages: 51
Table of contents
Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Referenced and related documents
1.3.1 Referenced documents
1.3.2 Related documents
1.4 Definition
1.4.1 Electromagnetic radiation (EMR)
2 Management
2.1 General
2.2 Responsibility
3 Planning and design
3.1 General
3.2 Community consultation
3.3 Site selection criteria
3.3.1 General
3.3.2 Important considerations
3.3.3 Proximity to aerodromes
3.3.4 Proximity to radio astronomy and sensitive sites
3.3.5 Proximity to flammable liquids and gas facilities and combustible dust facilities.
3.4 Site design EMR assessment
3.5 Antenna mounting design guidelines—Minimization of accessible areas containing EMR hazards
4 Construction and installation
4.1 General
4.2 Project management process
4.3 Site safety
4.3.1 Strategic safety plan
4.3.2 Safety risks
4.3.3 Safety plan provisions
4.4 Structures
4.4.1 Regulatory requirements
4.4.2 Engineering provisions
4.4.3 Safe working on towers
4.4.4 Relevant Australian Standards
4.4.5 Work practices
4.4.6 Site security
4.5 Provision of utilities
4.5.1 Electrical supplies
4.5.2 Water supplies
4.5.3 Communications to the site
4.5.4 Sewerage and drainage
4.6 Installation of electronic equipment and cabling
4.6.1 Electronic equipment considerations
4.6.2 Cabling requirements
4.6.3 Electronic equipment labelling
4.6.4 Documentation for maintenance purposes
4.7 Earthing
4.7.1 Earthing installation practice
4.7.2 Electrical power earthing
4.7.3 Equipment earthing
4.7.4 Lightning protection devices
4.7.5 Lightning protection installation practice
5 Commissioning
5.1 General
5.2 Commissioning process
6 Operation and maintenance
6.1 Management
6.1.1 Responsibility
6.1.2 Cooperation of owners and operators
6.1.3 Management practice
6.2 Service objectives
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 Radiocommunications maintenance
6.2.3 General maintenance
6.2.3.1 Maintenance programs
6.2.3.2 Earthing and lightning protection
6.2.3.3 Towers and masts
6.2.3.4 Corrosion effects
6.2.3.5 Building
6.2.3.6 Standby power plant
6.2.3.7 Fences and access roads
6.2.3.8 Pest control
6.2.4 Response to emergencies—Restoration of service
6.3 Interference
6.3.1 Preventing interference
6.3.1.1 Adherence to design
6.3.1.2 Adherence to maintenance program
6.3.2 Resolution of interference
6.3.2.1 Interference resolution process.
6.3.3 Preliminary checks
6.3.4 Cooperative resolution
6.4 Regulatory compliance
6.4.1 General
6.4.2 Radiocommunications licensing
6.4.3 EMR regulations
6.4.4 Occupational Health and safety (OHS) regulations
6.5 Communications with the public
7 Decommissioning
7.1 Application
7.2 Decommissioning plan
7.3 Decommissioning requirements
7.4 Removal of unused items
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
E1 Towers or masts
E2 Susceptibility to interference
E2.1 General
E2.2 Field strengths
E2.3 Hazardous field strengths (for aircraft)
E2.4 Transmitters
E2.4.1 On aerodromes
E2.4.2 Off aerodromes
E2.5 Receivers on and off aerodromes
E2.6 Contacts in Australia
E2.7 Contacts in New Zealand
Appendix F
Appendix G
G1 Types of interference
G1.1 General
G1.2 In-band interference
G1.3 Out-of-band interference
G2 Types of in-band interference
G3 Types of out-of-band interference
G3.1 General
G3.2 Intermodulation
G3.3 Blocking
G3.4 Selectivity
G3.5 Spurious response
G4 Managing in-band interference
G4.2 Taking account of spectrum planning policy
G4.2.1 General
G4.2.2 In-band interference at the boundaries of spectrum licences
G5 Managing out-of-band interference
G6 Licensing
G7 Frequency assignment
G7.1 General
G7.2 Change of site
G8 Antenna and radio system design
G8.1 General
G8.2 Preventing equipment malfunction
G9 Interference resolution
Appendix H
H1 EMR site safety
H1.1 General
H1.2 EMR site safety documentation
H1.3 Site access register
H1.4 Safe work procedure
H1.5 EMR evaluation
H1.6 Access controls
H1.7 Procedures for suspected EMR overexposure
H1.8 Site equipment list
H1.9 EMR prediction or measurement report
H1.10 Site compliance certificate
H1.11 Documentation version control
H2 General RF hazards
H3 Changing site equipment
Appendix I
I1 General
I2 Desired outcomes
I3 Determining size and scope of the consultation plan
I3.1 General
I3.2 Stakeholder analysis
I3.3 Consultation tools
I4 Ongoing communications with the community
Appendix J
J1 General propagation characteriztics
J2 Antenna characteriztics
J2.1 General characteriztics
J2.2 MF antennas
J2.3 HF antennas
J3 Terrain requirements
J3.1 Selection
J3.2 Ground surface
J3.3 Reflecting surface (HF)
J3.3.1 General
J3.3.2 Reflection zone
J3.3.3 Horizon
J3.3.4 Soil constants
J4 Transmitting facilities
J4.1 Interference
J4.2 Other transmitting facilities
J4.3 Re-radiators
J5 HF receiving facilities
J5.1 General
J5.2 Atmospheric noise
J5.3 Galactic noise
J5.4 Man-made noise
J5.4.1 General
J5.4.2 Dealing with man-made noise
J5.4.3 Site noise measurements
Appendix K
K1 Secondary factors
K1.1 General
K1.2 Radiocommunications factors
K1.3 Propagation factors
K1.4 Interference factors
K1.5 Other factors
A2 Propagation effects
K1.6 General
K1.7 Impact of ionospheric effects on siting of earth stations
K1.8 Impact of tropospheric effects on earth station siting
K2 Interference to the station’s receiving function from non-communication sources
K3 Interference to or from other radiocommunication systems
K3.1 General
K3.2 Space systems licensing
K3.3 Radiofrequency coordination
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Personal equipment for work at height, Part 1: Manufacturing requirements for full body combination and lower body harnesses
AS/NZS 2210
Occupational protective footwear
Content history
[Superseded]
[Superseded]
DR 07170
AS/NZS 5070.1-2008 REC:2019