Wireless Microphone Frequencies for Perth Australia

Today, the airwaves are full of transmissions - and wireless microphone transmissions can suffer from interference.

Due to the incompetence and lack of forsight of our Australian Government, equipment suppliers have had difficulty finding safe frequencies for wireless equipment - and as a result wireless gear is prone to reliabilty issues. So if you can, use cables - and only use wireless if you have too.

The frequencies between 694MHz-820MHz (the digital dividend) was sold off for 4G services. From 1 January 2015, it became illegal to use wireless microphones or transmitters operating in the digital dividend. The new frequency range for legal use of wireless devices will be between 520MHz-694MHz and 1790MHz-1800MHz.

Available frequencies we can use varies from suburb to suburb!

To find a frequency that may be available, use this Channel Finder:

http://channelfinder.acma.gov.au/

Or these Charts for Western Australia...

Perth Frequencies.pdf

Regional and Remote Western Australia Frequencies

Wireless Devices Frequency List:

Frequency charts for some of the gear we use..

Shure_Wireless_Frequencies.pdf

JTS IN64 Wireless Frequency Chart.pdf

JTS KA10 Channel Frequencies.pdf

Shure's Safe Frequency Finder:

• Shure Frequencey finder (Tip: use the Suggest tool).
• Recommended: Use the Shure Wireless Workbench - Free Download - Needs a PC - Has TV frequencies to avoid.

Shure_Wireless_Australian_Radio_Frequency_Brochure.pdf

Shure Common Frequency Bands...

G4: 470-494 MHz (SLX) - (Outside of legal range)

G5:494-518 MHz (SLX) - (Outside of legal range)

H5 / H8: 518-542 MHz (SLX / BLX)

H9: 512-542 MHz (BLX)

H10: 542-572 Mhx (BLX)

J3: 572-596 MHz (SLX)

J10: 584-608 MHz (BLX)

K12 / K14: 614-638 MHz (BLX)

L4: 638-662 MHz (SLX)

M15 / M17: 662-686 MHz (BLX)

P4: 702-726 MHz

Q4: 740-752 MHz

JB: 806-810 MHz (Digital Dividend - illegal to use in Australia)

R5:800-820 MHz (Digital Dividend - illegal to use in Australia)

S6: 838-865 MHz - (Outside of legal range)

Shure Bands to AVOID for 100km around Perth...

K12 / K14: 614-638 MHz (BLX)

M15 / M17: 662-686 MHz (BLX)

JB: 806-810 MHz (Digital Dividend - illegal to use in Australia)

R5:800-820 MHz (Digital Dividend - illegal to use in Australia)

Available Frequencies - ACMA Channel Finder - Oct 2019

http://channelfinder.acma.gov.au/

H5, J10 and H8 are the best for most areas from Perth to Albany. L4 and J3 are OK because they straddle some available frequencies

Wireless Workbench Plots

Western Australia - Perth, Armadale, Mandurah, Joondalup, Albany, Balingup and Margaret River

Perth City

J3 and H5 are great. A lot of the L4 bandwidth is not available, but might work for a few channels.

Joondalup

J3 is best. A lot of the L4 and H5 bandwidth is not available, but might work for a few channels.

Albany

J3 and H5 is good. A lot of the L4 is not available, but might work for a few channels.

Mandurah

J3 and H5 is good. A lot of the L4 is not available, but might work for a few channels.

Balingup

J3 will not work. Really bad for most bands. A lot of the H5 and L4 bandwidth is not available, but might work for a few channels.

OTHER GEAR...

Available Bands for Perth CBD, Armadale, Kelmscott, Roleystone, WA:  

Available Bands for Mandurah, WA:  

The 800MHz band

Some wireless guitar transmiters work in the 860-880 MHz range. They will compete with Cordless Phones and Land Mobile.

806-824MHz is a piece of spectrum known as public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) and it has been harmonised across the South-East Asia region. This is kept aside for emergency radio.

824MHz to 869MHz is occupied by mobile operators. The rest is being used by Government and commercial two-way radio.

MOBILE PHONE BANDS

WIFI FREQUENCIES