Safety and General Information
Important Information on Safe and Efficient Operation
Read This Information Before Using Your Radio
The information provided in this document supersedes the general safety information contained in user guides published prior to October 2000. For information regarding radio use in a hazardous atmosphere please refer to the Factory Mutual (FM) Approval Manual Supplement or Instruction Card, which is included with radio models that offer this capability.
RF Operational Characteristics
Your radio contains a transmitter and a receiver. When it is ON, it receives and transmits radio frequency (RF) energy. That radio operates in the frequency range of 450 MHz to 470 MHz.
Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy
Your Motorola radio is designed to comply with the following national and international standards and guidelines regarding exposure of human beings to radio frequency electromagnetic energy (EME):
•United States Federal Communications Commission, Code of Federal Regulations; 47 CFR part 2
•American National Standards Institute (ANSI) / Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) C95.
•Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
•National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) of the United States, Report 86, 1986
•International Commission on Non- Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) 1998
•National Radiological Protection Board of the United Kingdom 1995
•Ministry of Health (Canada) Safety Code 6. Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz, 1999
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