User's Guide

ITCR 1.0.5.0 RF Energy Exposure Guide

Pre-Release 00001235-DA 1/18/2012 3

General Guidelines

These user awareness instructions should accompany the device or

vehicle that it is installed in when transferred to other users.

Do not use this device if the operational requirements described herein

are not met.

The rated output power of the MCC-545C is 100 W. Maximum measured

output power may range as high as the values listed in the tables

below.

Mobile Installations: RF Exposure Compliance, Control

Guidelines and Operating Instructions

To control exposure to yourself and others and to ensure compliance with

occupational/controlled and uncontrolled environment exposure limits,

always adhere to the following procedures.

Be aware that a transmitter may operate automatically at any time

when functioning as a data radio. People outside of the vehicle must

maintain the recommended minimum lateral distance from the

antennas at all times. It is the responsibility of the vehicle’s operator

to keep bystanders beyond the minimum lateral distance from the

antennas in order to comply with the FCC RF exposure limits for an

uncontrolled/general population environment.

Verify that people outside the vehicle are at least the

recommended minimum lateral distance away, as shown in Table 1,

from a properly installed externally-mounted antenna.

Once the authorized ERP, antenna gain and the losses from feed line,

connectors and any inline RF filters are known, the transmitter power

must be evaluated and if necessary, attenuated to a value that will

ensure that the authorized ERP and RF exposure requirements are met.

Table 1 below lists the recommended lateral distances to be maintained

between bystanders and approved, properly installed mobile transmitting

antennas in an uncontrolled environment.