Tait TP9300 User Manual - page 17

 For your safety  17

Radio frequency exposure information

For your own safety and to ensure you comply with the 

radio frequency (RF) exposure guidelines of the United 

States Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC), 

Industry Canada, and those from other administrations, 

please read the following information before using this 

radio.

Using this radio

You should use this radio only for work-related purposes 

(it is not authorized for any other use) and if you are fully 

aware of, and can exercise control over, your exposure to 

RF energy. To prevent exceeding FCC RF exposure 

limits, you must control the amount and duration of RF 

that 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 accompanies 

the 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 energy

Warning 

RF exposure hazard!

To comply with FCC and Industry Canada RF exposure 

limits, mount the antenna at a location such that no person 

or persons can come closer than 35 inches (0.9 m) to the 

antenna:

For radios with a transmit power >25 W:

VHF radios must be installed using an antenna mounted 

centrally on the vehicle roof, with a gain of 2.15 dBi or 

5.15 dBi.

UHF and 800 MHz radios must be installed using an 

antenna mounted either centrally on the vehicle roof with 

a gain of 2.15 dBi or 5.65 dBi, or centrally mounted on the 

trunk with a gain of 5.65 dBi.

900 MHz radios must be installed using an antenna 

mounted either centrally on the vehicle roof or centrally 

mounted on the trunk with a gain of 2.15 dBi or 8 dBi.

For radios with a transmit power of 25 W: