Canada ISED SMS TAFL Authorization Portfolio Status Event Monitor

Watch a book of Canada ISED SMS TAFL Authorization numbers and emit typed status events when an authorization appears, drops, or changes Authorization status / licence type / operational status / licensee / call sign on the official monthly Spectrum Management System extract.

Source

• Official monthly zip: TAFL_LTAF.zip (all service lines; ~64 MB compressed / ~425 MB CSV)
• Aeronautical service-line zip (preferred live smoke): TAFL_LTAF_Aero.zip
• Field dictionary: tafl_description_ltaf.pdf
• Durable key: Authorization number (PDF field 47 / CSV index 47 with leading TX/RX col0)
• Status field: Authorization status (PDF field 51) — G Granted / NG Not Granted / P Prelim. Granted / …
• Frequency rows for one Authorization number are aggregated into a single auth snapshot (not billed per frequency row)
• Stream/parse: zip is downloaded then streamed line-by-line; only the watchlist is retained in memory (avoids OOM on the full extract)
• Honest monthly lag — ISED publishes on a monthly cadence (P1M Last-Modified). This Actor is a snapshot-diff monitor, not a real-time SMS feed.

Events (PPE)

Event	Meaning
APPEARED	Authorization present after previously missing
DROPPED	Authorization absent after previously present
AUTH_STATUS_CHANGED	Authorization status code change (G/NG/P/…)
LICENCE_TYPE_CHANGED	Licence type change
OP_STATUS_CHANGED	Operational status change
LICENSEE_CHANGED	Licensee name change (attributes group)
CALLSIGN_CHANGED	Call sign change (attributes group)

Non-billable: RUN_STATUS (including FIXTURE_HEALTH). First observation stores baseline with no charge.

Not this Actor

• Not ACMA Australia radiocomms licence twin (different regime; same pattern as CASA≠FAA)
• Not a national frequency-row dump billed as rows
• Not a real-time ISED SMS API (monthly zip lag only)

Pricing

• ised-sms-auth-status-event-delivered @ $0.02 / unique delivered event
• apify-actor-start @ $0.00005

Input

{
  "authorizationNumbers": ["010651301-002", "010650061-001", "010647781-001"],
  "sourceMode": "live",
  "taflZipVariant": "aero",
  "signalGroups": ["directory", "status", "attributes"],
  "maxRunSeconds": 300
}

sourceMode=fixture (default) is Store/CI health — no network, RUN_STATUS / FIXTURE_HEALTH only unless emitFixtureDemoEvents=true.

Who this is for

• Spectrum / wireless compliance teams watching a named ISED authorization book
• Aviation / NAV CANADA / airport radio ops monitoring aeronautical authorizations
• Telecom KYB and site diligence workflows that need membership and status change events (not full-register dumps)