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Safety and General Information
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SAFE AND EFFICIENT
OPERATION.
READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE USING YOUR
PERSONAL INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATOR.
The information provided in this document supersedes the
general safety information contained in user guides published
prior to July 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 Personal Interactive Communicator contains a transmitter
and a receiver. When it is ON, it receives and transmits radio
frequency (RF) energy. The Personal Interactive Communicator
operates in the frequency range of 896 MHz to 941 MHz and
employs digital modulation techniques.
When you communicate with your Personal Interactive
Communicator, the output power level is 1.0 watt.
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Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy
Your
Unication
Personal Interactive Communicator is designed to
comply with the following national and international standards
and guidelines regarding exposure of human beings to radio
frequency electromagnetic energy:
• United States Federal Communications Commission,
Code of Federal Regulations; 47 CFR part 2 sub-part J.
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI) / Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) C95. 1-1992.
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
C95.1-1999 Edition.
• National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements (NCRP) of the United States, Report 86,
1986.
• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation
Protection (ICNIRP) 1998.
• 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.
