SpectraLink SCK416, SCS416, SCT416, SCX416, SCN416, SCO416 Specific Absorption Rate SAR Information

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Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Information

Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. When it is ON, it receives and also sends out radio frequency (RF) signals. In August 1996, the Federal Com- munications Commissions (FCC) adopted RF exposure guidelines with safety levels for hand-held wireless phones. Those guidelines are consistent with the safety standards previously set by both U.S. and international standards bodies:

•ANSI C95.1 (1992) American National Standards Institute

•NCRP—Report 86 (1986) National Council on Radiation Pro- tection and Measurements

•ICNIRP (1996) International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection;

•DHWC—Safety Code 6 Department of Health and Welfare Canada

Those standards were developed by independent scientific organi- zations through periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies. The standards include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health. The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The

SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6W/kg.1 Tests for SAR are con- ducted using standard operating positions specified by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well below the maximum value. This is

1.In the United States and Canada, the SAR limit for mobile phones used by the public is 1.6 watts/kg (W/kg) averaged over one gram of tissue. The standard incorporates a substantial margin of safety to give additional protec- tion for the public and to account for any variations in measurements.

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