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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 adhere to the following procedures.

Guidelines:

• User awareness instructions should accompany device when transferred to other

users.

• Do not use this device if the operational requirements described herein are not met.

Instructions:

• T

ransmit 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 transmitting (in terms of measuring for standards compliance).

•

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
standards 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., monopoles over a ground plane, or dipoles)
at several different ranges of rated radio power for mobile radios installed in a
vehicle.

• 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 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.

NOTE:

If you are not sure of the rated power of your radio, contact your Motorola
representative or dealer and supply the radio model number found on the radio
model label. If you can not determine the rated power out, then assure 5.0-feet
separation from the body of the vehicle. The maximum power shown on the
FCC Grant may be higher than the rated power allowing for production
variation.

Mobile Antenna Installation Guidelines

• These mobile antenna installation guidelines are limited to metal body motor vehicles

or vehicles with appropriate ground planes.

Table 1. Rated Power of Vehicle-Installed Mobile Two-Way Radio and Recommended

Minimum Lateral Distance from Vehicle Body

Mobile Radio Rated

Power (see Note)

Minimum Lateral Distance from

Vehicle Body

111 to 125 watts

5.0 feet

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