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Your Vertex Standard two-way radio complies with the following RF energy exposure standards and
guidelines:
Ÿ United States Federal Communications Commission, Code of Federal Regulations; 47CFR part 2 sub-
part J
Ÿ American National Standards Institute (ANSI) / Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) C95.
1-1992
Ÿ Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) C95.1-1999 Edition
Ÿ International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) 1998
Ÿ 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
Ÿ Australian Communications Authority Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation - Human Expo-
sure) Standard, 2003
Ÿ ANATEL, Brasil Regulatory Authority, Resolution 256 (April 11, 2001) "additional requirements for SMR,
cellular, and PCS product certification."
RF Exposure Compliance and Control Guidelines and Operating Instructions
To control exposure to yourself and others and to ensure compliance with the RF exposure limits, always ad-
here to the following procedures.
Guidelines:
Ÿ User awareness instructions should accompany device when transferred to other users.
Ÿ Do not use this device if the operational requirements described herein are not met.
Instructions:
Ÿ 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 LED will illuminate
when the radio is transmitting. To receive 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 only when transmit-
ting (in terms of measuring for standards compliance).
Ÿ Transmit only when people outside the vehicle are at least the recommended minimum lateral
distance away, as shown in Table 1, 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 stan-
dards listed above.
NOTE: Table 1 below lists the recommended lateral distance for people in an uncontrolled environment
from the body of a vehicle with an approved, properly installed transmitting antenna (i.e., mono-
poles over a ground plane, or dipoles) at several different ranges of rated radio power for mobile
radios installed in a vehicle.
Table 1. Rated Power of Vehicle-Installed Mobile Two-Way Radio and
Mobile Radio Rated Power (see Note)
Ÿ When a mobile radio is used in conjunction with another co-located transmitter such as a Vehicular Re-
peater, it is the vehicle operator's responsibility to take appropriate steps to keep bystanders at the re-
quired separation distance from the vehicle to ensure compliance with the FCC's RF energy exposure
limits for the general population. See the co-located transmitter's user manual for more details.
Recommended Minimum Lateral Distance from Vehicle Body
Less than 7 watts
7 to 15 watts
16 to 39 watts
40 to 110 watts
Product Safety and RF Exposure
Minimum Lateral Distance from Vehicle Body
8 inches (20 centimeters)
1 foot (30 centimeters)
2 feet (60 centimeters)
3 feet (90 centimeters)
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