8 For your safetyFor your safetyBefore using your radio, please read the followingimportant safety and compliance information.Radio frequency exposure informationFor your own safety and to ensure you comply with theradio frequency (RF) exposure guidelines of the UnitedStates Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC),Industry Canada, and those from other administrations,please read the following information before using thisradio.Using this radioYou should use this radio only for work-related purposes(it is not authorized for any other use) and if you are fullyaware of, and can exercise control over, your exposure toRF energy. To prevent exceeding FCC RF exposurelimits, you must control the amount and duration of RFthat you and other people are exposed to.It is also important that you:■ Do not remove the RF Exposure label from the radio.■ Ensure this RF exposure information accompaniesthe radio when it is transferred to other users.■ Do not use the radio if you do not adhere to the guide-lines on controlling your exposure to RF.Controlling your exposure to RF energyWarning RF exposure hazard!To comply with FCC and Industry Canada RF exposurelimits, mount the antenna at a location such that no personor persons can come closer than 35 inches (0.9 m) to theantenna:For radios with a transmit power >25 W:VHF radios must be installed using an antenna mountedcentrally on the vehicle roof, with a gain of 2.15 dBi or5.15 dBi.UHF and 800 MHz radios must be installed using an
