Installation Instructions Part 1

5
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE)
LIMITS
Do not transmit with this radio and antenna when persons are within the
MPE Radius of the antenna, unless such persons (vehicle occupants or
bystanders, for example) are shielded from the antenna field by a grounded
metallic barrier (such as the user’s vehicle rooftop). The MPE Radius is the
minimum distance from the antenna axis that ALL persons should maintain
in order to avoid RF exposure higher than the allowable MPE level set by
the FCC.
WARNING
FAILURE TO OBSERVE THESE LIMITS MAY
ALLOW ALL PERSONS WITHIN THE MPE
RADIUS TO EXPERIENCE RF RADIATION
ABSORPTION, WHICH EXCEEDS THE FCC
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE, EXPOSURE (MPE)
LIMIT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
RADIO OPERATOR TO ENSURE THAT THE
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS ARE OBSERVED
AT ALL TIMES DURING RADIO TRANSMISSION. THE RADIO
OPERATOR IS TO ENSURE THAT NO BYSTANDERS COME
WITHIN THE RADIUS OF THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE
EXPOSURE LIMITS SHOWN BELOW.
DETERMINING MPE RADIUS
THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE RADIUS HAS
BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE A RADIUS OF ABOUT 55
INCHES (OR 138 CM) FOR THE VEHICULAR MOUNTED
ANTENNA SYSTEMS, AND 77 INCHES (OR 195 CM) FOR
BASE STATION MOUNTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS PER OET
BULLETIN 65 OF THE FCC. THIS ESTIMATE IS MADE
USING THE MAXIMUM CAPABLE POWER OF THE
RADIO, ANTENNAS WITH A MAXIMUM GAIN OF 3 dBd
(FOR VEHICULAR MOUNTED SYSTEMS) OR 6 dBd (FOR
BASE STATION SYSTEMS), AND A MAXIMUM 50%
TRANSMIT DUTY CYCLE (DUE TO THE PUSH-TO-TALK
STATUS FOR THIS MOBILE).