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VX-5500 Operating Manual
RF Exposure Compliance and Control Guidelines and Operating
Instructions
To control exposure to yourself and others and to ensure compliance with the RF expo-
sure limits, always adhere to the following procedures.
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User awareness instructions should accompany device when transferred to other us-
ers.
DO NOT use this device if the operational requirements described herein are not
met.
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Transmit no more than the rated duty factor of 50 % of the time.
To transmit
(talk), push the Push-To-Talk (PTT) button or, for radios equipped with VOX, speak
into the microphone. The red will illuminate when the radio is transmitting. To re-
ceive calls, release the PTT button, or, for radios equipped with VOX, stop talking.
The red LED will extinguish when the radio stops transmitting. Transmitting 50 %
of the time, or less, is important because this radio generates measurable RF energy
exposure (in terms of measuring for standards compliance) only when transmitting.
Transmit only when people outside the vehicle are at least the recommended
minimum lateral distance away, as shown in Table below, from the body of a
vehicle with a properly installed antenna.
This separation distance will ensure
that there is sufficient distance from a properly installed (according to installation
instructions) externally-mounted antenna to satisfy the RF exposure requirements in
the applicable standards listed above.
Antennas used for this transmitter must not exceed an antenna gain of 0 dBd.
NOTE: Table below lists the recommended lateral distance for people in an uncon-
trolled environment from the body of a vehicle with a properly installed transmit-
ting antenna (i.e., monopoles over a ground plane) with gain equal to or less than
the specified maximum gain.
Required Distances
LOW VHF Model
VHF Model
UHF Model
FCC RF Exposure Requirements
3.87 Feet (1.08 m)
3.28 Feet (1.00 m)
2.54 Feet (0.77 m)
IC RF Exposure Requirements
5.61 Feet (1.71 m)
5.12 Feet (1.56 m)
4.10 Feet (1.25 m)
When a mobile radio is used in conjunction with another co-located transmitter such
as a Vehicular Repeater, it is the vehicle operator’s responsibility to take appropriate
steps to keep bystanders at the required separation distance from the vehicle to en-
sure compliance with the FCC’s RF energy exposure limits for the general popula-
tion. See the co-located transmitter’s user manual for more details.
NOTE: If you are not sure of the rated power of your radio, contact your sales rep-
resentative or dealer and supply the radio model number found on the radio model
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