Exposure To Radio Frequency Signals - Globalstar GPDK-1700 User Manual

!! Caution
Failure to follow these instructions may lead to serious personal injury and possible property damage.
• Secure the phone in your vehicle to prevent personal injury and damage to the phone in the
event of an accident.
When attaching or detaching the exterior antenna to the kit with the antenna cable, disconnect
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all power to the phone and the kit. Note that DC voltage is present in the central conductor of
the antenna cable (45-C6162-1).
• Detach the phone from the kit and disconnect power interface cable to the kit when jump-
starting the vehicle or re-charging the vehicle battery. Jump-starting may cause the fuse in the
cigarette lighter adapter to burn out.
Safety precaution when using the GSP-1700 Satellite Phone

Exposure to radio frequency signals

Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. When it is on,
it receives and also sends out radio frequency (RF) signals.
In August, 1996, the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) adopted RF exposure guidelines with
safety levels for hand-held wireless phones. Those guidelines are consistent with the safety standards
previously set by both U.S. and international standards bodies:
• ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1999 Standard (1)
NCRP Report 86 (1986) (2)
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ICNIRP (1998) (3)
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• IRPA (1991) Guidelines on Protection Against Non-ionizing Radiation (4)
The phone and the kit are designed to comply with established ANSI, FCC, and international safety
standards for safe levels of human exposure to RF energy. Nonetheless, RF field intensity at the surface
of the transmitting antenna is fairly high. Maintaining a minimum line-of-sight separation of 25 cm (10
inches) between the transmitting kit antenna and all personnel will ensure Permissible Exposure (MPE)
limits are not exceeded. This satisfies the MPE limits mandated by the FCC in 47 CFR Ch. 1 (2006
Edition), part 1, paragraph 1.1310 and defined in the ANSI/IEEE C95.1-999 standard, and also satisfies
the slightly more-stringent European and international exposure limit recommendations of IRPA (1991)
and ICNIRP (1998).
1. American National Standards Institute
2. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
3. International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
4. Internal Radiation Protection Association