ACMA

ACMA Antennas API

The ACMA antenna register.

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Operations 2

GET /AntennaSearchXML/{searchText} Search the antenna register (XML) #

GET /AntennaSearchJSON/{searchText} Search the antenna register (JSON) #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ACMA Spectrum Licensing Antennas API
  version: '1.0'
  summary: Public, anonymous read access to the Australian Communications and Media Authority's Register of Radiocommunications Licences.
  description: The ACMA Spectrum Licensing API is an application programming interface which allows members of the public to query the ACMA's spectrum licensing data.
  contact:
    name: ACMA
    email: info@acma.gov.au
    url: https://www.acma.gov.au/contact-us
  license:
    name: Licence to use the Register of Radiocommunications Licences
    url: https://www.acma.gov.au/radiocomms-licence-data#terms-and-conditions
  termsOfService: https://www.acma.gov.au/radiocomms-licence-data#terms-and-conditions
  x-source: https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-11/Spectrum%20licensing%20API.docx
  x-wsdl: https://api.acma.gov.au/SpectrumLicensingAPIOuterService/OuterService.svc?wsdl
  x-generated-by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline
  x-generated-on: '2026-07-25'
servers:
- url: https://api.acma.gov.au/SpectrumLicensingAPIOuterService/OuterService.svc
  description: Production REST endpoint (HTTPS). The guide publishes the same path over HTTP; HTTPS is live and verified.
security: []
tags:
- name: Antennas
  description: The ACMA antenna register.
paths:
  /AntennaSearchXML/{searchText}:
    get:
      operationId: antennaSearchXML
      summary: Search the antenna register (XML)
      description: 'Returns an XElement containing all antennas for the specified search terms.


        A single query returns at most 2,000 records; page with the offset parameter to retrieve more. For the whole dataset, ACMA publishes a same-day full RRL extract as a zip download rather than serving it through this API.'
      tags:
      - Antennas
      parameters:
      - name: searchText
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The text to search for.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: searchField
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The field to search; any detail can be used to search all fields.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Antenna ID
          - Model
          - Manufacturer
          - Type
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchOption'
      - name: sortBy
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The field to sort the results by.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - antenna_id
          - model
          - manufacturer
          - type
          - rownum
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/resultsLimit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching records. The service returns HTTP 200 with an empty result array when nothing matches.
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: An XElement document. The element structure mirrors the JSON envelope of the matching *JSON operation; the XML Schema for the SOAP projection of this service is published at https://api.acma.gov.au/SpectrumLicensingAPIOuterService/OuterService.svc?xsd=xsd0 and harvested to wsdl/acma-spectrum-licensing-xsd0.xsd.
        '400':
          description: Malformed request - an unparseable URI template, or a parameter value the WCF service cannot bind (for example a non-numeric offset).
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
        '404':
          description: Unknown web method - the leading path segment does not match a published operation name.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
        '500':
          description: Service fault. The WCF endpoint returns an HTML fault page rather than a structured error body; there is no RFC 9457 problem+json envelope.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
      x-evidence:
        documented_in: https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-11/Spectrum%20licensing%20API.docx
        verified_live: https://api.acma.gov.au/SpectrumLicensingAPIOuterService/OuterService.svc/AntennaSearchXML/Yagi?resultsLimit=1
        verified_on: '2026-07-25'
        verified_status: 200
  /AntennaSearchJSON/{searchText}:
    get:
      operationId: antennaSearchJSON
      summary: Search the antenna register (JSON)
      description: 'Returns a JSON stream containing all antennas for the specified search terms.


        A single query returns at most 2,000 records; page with the offset parameter to retrieve more. For the whole dataset, ACMA publishes a same-day full RRL extract as a zip download rather than serving it through this API.'
      tags:
      - Antennas
      parameters:
      - name: searchText
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The text to search for.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: searchField
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The field to search; any detail can be used to search all fields.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Antenna ID
          - Model
          - Manufacturer
          - Type
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchOption'
      - name: sortBy
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The field to sort the results by.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - antenna_id
          - model
          - manufacturer
          - type
          - rownum
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/resultsLimit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/isJSONP'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jsonpCallback'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching records. The service returns HTTP 200 with an empty result array when nothing matches.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AntennaSearchResponse'
              examples:
                live:
                  summary: Live response captured 2026-07-25 from https://api.acma.gov.au/SpectrumLicensingAPIOuterService/OuterService.svc/AntennaSearchJSON/Yagi?resultsLimit=1
                  value:
                    Antenna:
                    - TOTAL_RESULT: 573.0
                      RESULTS_INDEX: 1.0
                      EAN_ID: 1367
                      ANTENNA_ID: '861'
                      SORT_ANTENNA_ID: 00000000000000000861
                      GAIN: 13.2
                      FRONT_TO_BACK: 20.0
                      BAND_MIN_FREQ: null
                      BAND_MIN_FREQ_UNIT: MHz
                      BAND_MAX_FREQ: null
                      BAND_MAX_FREQ_UNIT: MHz
                      ANTENNA_SIZE: null
                      ANTENNA_TYPE: Yagi (Vertical Polarisation)-Y
                      MODEL: PD390D
                      MANUFACTURER: CELWAVE
        '400':
          description: Malformed request - an unparseable URI template, or a parameter value the WCF service cannot bind (for example a non-numeric offset).
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
        '404':
          description: Unknown web method - the leading path segment does not match a published operation name.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
        '500':
          description: Service fault. The WCF endpoint returns an HTML fault page rather than a structured error body; there is no RFC 9457 problem+json envelope.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
      x-evidence:
        documented_in: https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-11/Spectrum%20licensing%20API.docx
        verified_live: https://api.acma.gov.au/SpectrumLicensingAPIOuterService/OuterService.svc/AntennaSearchJSON/Yagi?resultsLimit=1
        verified_on: '2026-07-25'
        verified_status: 200
components:
  parameters:
    offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The number of records to skip over. Used with resultsLimit to page beyond the 2,000-record cap (0, 2000, 4000, ...).
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
    resultsLimit:
      name: resultsLimit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The number of records to return after the offset. The service caps any single query at 2,000 records.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 2000
    isJSONP:
      name: isJSONP
      in: query
      required: false
      description: true or false, depending on whether JSONP is used.
      schema:
        type: boolean
    jsonpCallback:
      name: jsonpCallback
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The callback function name to wrap the response in for JSONP.
      schema:
        type: string
    searchOption:
      name: searchOption
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'How searchText is matched: matches, begins with, or sounds like.'
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - matches
        - begins with
        - sounds like
  schemas:
    Antenna:
      type: object
      title: Antenna
      description: An antenna record from the ACMA antenna register.
      properties:
        TOTAL_RESULT:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
        RESULTS_INDEX:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
        EAN_ID:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        ANTENNA_ID:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        SORT_ANTENNA_ID:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        GAIN:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
        FRONT_TO_BACK:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
        BAND_MIN_FREQ:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        BAND_MIN_FREQ_UNIT:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        BAND_MAX_FREQ:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        BAND_MAX_FREQ_UNIT:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        ANTENNA_SIZE:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        ANTENNA_TYPE:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        MODEL:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        MANUFACTURER:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
    AntennaSearchResponse:
      type: object
      title: AntennaSearchResponse
      description: Antenna search results.
      properties:
        Antenna:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Antenna'
externalDocs:
  description: ACMA Spectrum Licensing API guide (DOCX, v1.0, 17/06/2016)
  url: https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-11/Spectrum%20licensing%20API.docx