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Position base stations away from an office area or where a portable is used by at least the amounts shown in the following table. Installing the base station on the ceiling or high on walls helps to maintain these minimum distances.

Minimum distance between office areas and base stations

Number of base stations

Minimum distance between office

in the cell

areas and base stations

 

 

1

1 m (40 in.)

 

 

2

1.4 m (56 in.)

 

 

3

1.8 m (72 in.)

4

2 m (80 in.)

Mounting a base station

Base stations can be mounted on a wall or on a ceiling. When mounting on a wall, install them with their covers at the bottom, as shown in the following illustrations. Allow for clearances around the base station as indicated in the following illustration.

Clearance for the base stations

Clearance conditions

Canada

USA

 

 

 

Clearance from all other objects

9 cm

3.5 in.

 

 

 

Vertical clearance from base station center to

27 cm

54 in.

base station center

 

 

 

 

 

Horizontal clearance from base station center

41 cm

54 in.

to base station center

 

 

 

 

 

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