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Appendix C - GPR Emissions, Interference and Regulations Noggin
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C-1 FCC Regulations (USA)
This device complies with Part 15 of the USA Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rules. Opera-
tion in the USA is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
Part 15 – User Information
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, where
applicable, and for an ultrawide bandwidth (UWB) device where applicable, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to
cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own
expense.
WARNING
Changes or Modifications not expressly approved by Sensors & Software Inc. could void the user’s author-
ity to operate the equipment.
Certification of this equipment has been carried out using approved cables and peripheral devices. The
use of non-approved or modified cables and peripheral devices constitutes a Change or Modification out-
lined in the warning above.
Operating Restrictions
Operation of this device is limited to purposes associated with law enforcement, fire fighting, emergency
rescue, scientific research, commercial mining, or construction. Parties operating this equipment must be
eligible for licensing under the provisions of Part 90 of this chapter.
FCC Interpretation of Operation Restrictions issued July 12, 2002
(FCC Order DA02-1658, paragraph 9)
The regulations contain restrictions on the parties that are eligible to operate imaging systems.
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Under the
new regulations, GPRs and wall imaging systems may be used only by law enforcement, fire and emer-
gency rescue organizations, by scientific research institutes, by commercial mining companies, and by
construction companies. Since the adoption of the
Order , we have received several inquiries from the
operators of GPRs and wall imaging systems noting that these devices often are not operated by the users
listed in the regulations but are operated under contract by personnel specifically trained in the operation of
these devices. We do not believe that the recent adoption of the UWB rules should disrupt the critical
safety services that can be performed effectively only through the use of GPRs and wall imaging systems.
We viewed these operating restrictions in the broadest of terms. For example, we believe that the limita-
tion on the use of GPRs and wall imaging systems by construction companies encompasses the inspec-
tion of buildings, roadways, bridges and runways even if the inspection finds no damage to the structure
1. See 47 C.F.R. §§15.509(b), 15.511(b), and 15.513(b)