5A001     (a)   Any type of telecommunications equipment having any of the following characteristics, functions or features:

(1)    Specially designed to withstand transitory electronic effects or electromagnetic pulse effects, both arising from a nuclear explosion;

(2)    Specially hardened to withstand gamma, neutron or ion radiation; or

(3)    Specially designed to operate outside the temperature range from 218 K (-55⁰C) to 397 K (124⁰C);

Note:

5A001(a)(3) applies only to electronic equipment.

Note:

5A001(a)(2) and 5A001(a)(3) do not control equipment designed or modified for use on board satellites.

(b)   Telecommunications systems and equipment, and specially designed components and accessories therefor, having any of the following characteristics, functions or features:  (36 of 2000 s. 28; L.N. 254 of 2008)

(1)    Being underwater untethered communications systems having any of the following characteristics:

(a)    An acoustic carrier frequency outside the range from 20 kHz to 60 kHz;

(b)    Using an electromagnetic carrier frequency below 30 kHz;

(c)    Using electronic beam steering techniques;

(d)    Using "lasers" or light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with an output wavelength greater than 400 nm and less than 700 nm, in a "local area network";  (L.N. 254 of 2008)

(2)    Being radio equipment operating in the 1.5 MHz to 87.5 MHz band and having all of the following characteristics:  (L.N. 254 of 2008)

(a)    Automatically predicting and selecting frequencies and "total digital transfer rates" per channel to optimize the transmission;  (L.N. 254 of 2008)

(b)    Incorporating a linear power amplifier configuration having a capability to support multiple signals simultaneously at an output power of 1 kW or more in the frequency range of 1.5 MHz or more but less than 30 MHz, or 250 W or more in the frequency range of 30 MHz or more but not exceeding 87.5 MHz, over an "instantaneous bandwidth" of one octave or more and with an output harmonic and distortion content of better than -80 dB;  (L.N. 65 of 2004; L.N. 254 of 2008)

(3)    Being radio equipment employing "spread spectrum" techniques, including "frequency hopping" techniques, not controlled by 5A001(b)(4), and having any of the following characteristics:  (L.N. 132 of 2001; L.N. 95 of 2006)

(a)    User programmable spreading codes; or

(b)    A total transmitted bandwidth which is 100 or more times the bandwidth of any one information channel and in excess of 50 kHz;

Note:

5A001(b)(3)(b) does not control radio equipment specially designed for use with civil cellular radiocommunications systems.  (L.N. 132 of 2001)

Note:

5A001(b)(3) does not control equipment designed to operate at an output power of 1.0 Watt or less.

(4)    Being radio equipment employing ultra-wideband modulation techniques, having user programmable channelizing codes, scrambling codes or network identification codes, and having any of the following characteristics:

(a)    A bandwidth exceeding 500 MHz; or

(b)    A "fractional bandwidth" of 20% or more;  (L.N. 95 of 2006; L.N. 226 of 2009)

(5)    Being digitally controlled radio receivers having all of the following:  (L.N. 65 of 2004)

(a)    More than 1000 channels;

(b)    A "frequency switching time" of less than 1 ms;

(c)    Automatic searching or scanning of a part of the electromagnetic spectrum; and

(d)    Identification of the received signals or the type of transmitter;

         5A001(b)(5) does not control radio equipment specially designed for use with civil cellular radiocommunications systems.  (L.N. 132 of 2001; L.N. 65 of 2004)

(6)    Employing functions of digital "signal processing" to provide 'voice coding' output at rates of less than 2400 bit/s;  (L.N. 65 of 2004; L.N. 95 of 2006)

Technical Notes:

1.  For variable rate 'voice coding', 5A001(b)(6) applies to the voice coding output of continuous speech.

2.  For the purpose of 5A001(b)(6), 'voice coding' is defined as the technique to take samples of human voice and then convert these samples into a digital signal, taking into account specific characteristics of human speech.  (L.N. 95 of 2006)

(c)   Optical fibre communication cables, optical fibres and accessories, as follows:

(1)    Optical fibres of more than 500 m in length, specified by the manufacturer as being capable of withstanding a proof test tensile stress of 2×10⁹ N/m² or more;

Technical Note:

Proof Test: on-line or off-line production screen testing that dynamically applies a prescribed tensile stress over a 0.5 to 3 m length of fibre at a running rate of 2 to 5 m/s while passing between capstans approximately 150 mm in diameter. The ambient temperature is a nominal 293 K and relative humidity 40%. Equivalent national standards may be used for executing the proof test.  (L.N. 132 of 2001)

(2)    Optical fibre cables and accessories designed for underwater use;

Note:

5A001(c)(2) does not control standard civil telecommunications cables and accessories.  (36 of 2000 s. 28)

N.B.:

1.      For underwater umbilical cables, and connectors therefor, see 8A002(a)(3).

2.      For fibre optic hull penetrators or connectors, see 8A002(c).

(d)   "Electronically steerable phased array antennae" operating above 31.8 GHz;  (L.N. 95 of 2006)

Note:

5A001(d) does not control "electronically steerable phased array antennae" for landing systems with instruments meeting ICAO standards covering microwave landing systems (MLS).

(e)   Radio direction finding equipment operating at frequencies above 30 MHz and having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed components therefor:

(1)    "Instantaneous bandwidth" of 10 MHz or more; and

(2)    Capable of finding a line of bearing (LOB) to non-cooperating radio transmitters with a signal duration of less than 1 ms;  (L.N. 95 of 2006)

(f)    Jamming equipment specially designed or modified to intentionally and selectively interfere with, deny, inhibit, degrade or seduce mobile telecommunications services, and perform any of the following characteristics, and specially designed components therefor:  (L.N. 254 of 2008; L.N. 226 of 2009)

(1)    Simulating the functions of Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment; or (L.N. 226 of 2009)

(2)    Detecting and exploiting specific characteristics of the mobile telecommunications protocol employed (e.g., GSM);

 (3)   Exploiting specific characteristics of the mobile telecommunications protocol employed (e.g. GSM);  (L.N. 226 of 2009)

N.B.:

For GNSS jamming equipment, see the Munitions List.  (L.N. 95 of 2006)

(g)   Passive Coherent Location (PCL) systems or equipment, specially designed for detecting and tracking moving objects by measuring reflections of ambient radio frequency emissions, supplied by non-radar transmitters;

Technical Note:

Non-radar transmitters may include commercial radio, television or cellular telecommunications base stations.

Note:

5A001(g) does not include any of the following:

(a)    Radio-astronomical equipment;

(b)    Systems or equipment, that require any radio transmission from the target.  (L.N. 254 of 2008)