Knowing Radio Frequency Safety; Body-Worn Operation; Specific Absorption Rates (Sar) For Wireless Phones - Kyocera Hydro WAVE User Manual

RF power level. Depending on network
conditions, your phone may operate at an
actual SAR level below the maximum value
specified. Your phone is designed not to
exceed the recommended international
guidelines for limits on RF exposure.
Knowing Radio Frequency
Safety
The design of your phone complies with
updated NCRP standards described below.
In 1991–92, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the
American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) joined in updating ANSI's 1982
standard for safety levels with respect to
human exposure to RF signals.
More than 120 scientists, engineers and
physicians from universities, government
health agencies and industries developed
this updated standard after reviewing the
available body of research. In 1993, the
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) adopted this updated standard in a
regulation. In August 1996, the FCC
adopted hybrid standard consisting of the
existing ANSI/IEEE standard and the
guidelines published by the National
Council of Radiation Protection and
Measurements (NCRP).
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Body-Worn Operation

To maintain compliance with FCC RF
exposure guidelines, always use an
appropriate accessory if using the phone
for body worn operations. Accessories used
with this phone for body-worn operations
must not contain any metallic components
and must provide at least 0.39 inches (1.0
centimeter) separation distance between
the user's body and the phone, including
antennas. Body worn accessories that do
not meet these requirements may not
comply with FCC RF exposure
requirements and should be avoided.
For more information about RF exposure,
visit the FCC website at www.fcc.gov.
Specific Absorption Rates
(SAR) for Wireless Phones
The SAR value corresponds to the relative
amount of RF energy absorbed into the
head of a user of a wireless handset.
The SAR value of a phone is the result of
an extensive testing, measuring and
calculation process. It does not represent
how much RF the phone emits. All phone
models are tested at their highest value in
strict laboratory settings. But when in
operation, the SAR of a phone can be
substantially less than the level reported to
the FCC. This is because of a variety of
factors including its proximity to a base
station antenna, phone design and other
factors. What is important to remember is
that each phone meets strict federal
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