User's Manual

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RADAR OPERATOR WARNING
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD .............................................................. i
IMPORTANT ............................................................... i
SYSTEM COMPONENTS .......................................... i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ............................................ i
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES....................................... i
FCC INFORMATION .................................................. i
PRECAUTIONS ......................................................... ii
RADAR OPERATOR WARNING .............................. iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................... iii
1 PANEL DESCRIPTION......................................... 1
 ■ MXR-5000 (Radar unit) ..................................... 1
2 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS ............ 2–7
 ■ Connection ........................................................ 2
 ■ Power source requirement ................................ 2
 ■ Ground connection ............................................ 2
 ■ Mounting ........................................................... 2
 ■ Mounting the EX-2714 scanner unit .................. 3
 ■ Wiring the EX-2714 system cable ..................... 4
 ■ Mounting the EX-2780 scanner unit .................. 5
 ■ Wiring the EX-2780 system cable ..................... 6
 ■ Attaching the EX-2780 scanner unit .................. 7
3 MAINTENANCE AND OPTIONS ......................... 8
 ■ Periodic maintenance ........................................ 8
 ■ Scanner unit maintenance ................................ 8
 ■ Fuse replacement ............................................. 8
 ■ Options .............................................................. 8
4 SPECIFICATIONS ................................................ 9
WARNING
Icom requires the radar operator to meet
the FCC Requirements for Radio
Frequency Exposure. A slotted wave-
guide array antenna with gain not greater
than 27 dBi must be mounted a minimum
of 5.5 meters (measured from the lowest point of the
antenna) vertically above the main deck and all possi-
ble personnel. This is the minimum safe separation
distance estimated to meet all RF exposure compli-
ance requirements. This 5.5 meter distance is based
on the FCC Safe Maximum Permissible Exposure
(MPE) distance of 3.5 meters added to the height of
an adult (2 meters) and is appropriate for all vessels.
For watercraft without suitable structures, the antenna
must be mounted so as to maintain a minimum of
1 meter vertically between the antenna, (measured
from the lowest point of the antenna), to the heads of
all persons AND all persons must stay outside of the
3.5 meter MPE radius.
Do not transmit with radar and antenna when persons
are within the MPE radius of the antenna, unless
such persons (such as driver or radar operator) are
shielded from antenna field by a grounded metal-
lic barrier. The MPE Radius is the minimum distance
from the antenna axis that person should maintain in
order to avoid RF exposure higher than the allowable
MPE level set by FCC.
FAILURE TO OBSERVE THESE LIMITS MAY
ALLOW THOSE WITHIN THE MPE RADIUS TO
EXPERIENCE RF RADIATION ABSORPTION
W H IC H E X CE E DS T H E F CC M A XI M UM
PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE) LIMIT.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RADAR
OPERATOR TO ENSURE THAT THE MAXIMUM
P E RM I SS I B L E E X P O S U R E L IM I TS A R E
OBSERVED AT ALL TIMES DURING RADAR
TRANSMISSION. THE RADAR OPERATOR IS TO
ENSURE THAT NO BYSTANDERS COME WITHIN
THE RADIUS OF THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE
EXPOSURE LIMITS.
Determining MPE Radius
THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE)
RADIUS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE A RADIUS
OF ABOUT 3.5 M PER OET BULLETIN 65 OF THE
FCC.
THIS ESTIMATE IS MADE ASSUMING THE
MAX IMU M POW ER OF THE RADAR AND
ANTENNAS WITH A MAXIMUM GAIN OF 27 dBi
ARE USED FOR A SHIP MOUNTED SYSTEM.
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