Tait TM9100 Series P25, User Manual

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For your safety 9
For your safety
Before using your radio, please read the following
important safety and compliance information.
Radio frequency exposure information
For your own safety and to ensure you comply with the
radio frequency (RF) exposure guidelines of the
United States Federal Communication Commission’s
(FCC), Industry Canada, and those from other
administrations, please read the following information
before using this radio.
Using this radio
You should use this radio only for work-related purposes
(it is not authorized for any other use) and if you are fully
aware of, and can exercise control over, your exposure to
RF energy. To prevent exceeding FCC RF exposure
limits, you must control the amount and duration of RF
that you and other people are exposed to.
It is also important that you:
■ Do not remove the RF Exposure label from the radio.
■ Ensure this RF exposure information accompanies
the radio when it is transferred to other users.
■ Do not use the radio if you do not adhere to the guide-
lines on controlling your exposure to RF.
Controlling your exposure to RF energy
Warning RF exposure hazard!
To comply with FCC and Industry Canada RF
exposure limits, mount the antenna at a location such
that no person or persons can come closer than 35
inches (0.9 m) to the antenna:
For radios with a transmit power >25 W:
VHF radios must be installed using an antenna
mounted centrally on the vehicle roof, with a gain of
2.15 dBi or 5.15 dBi.
UHF and 800 MHz radios must be installed using an