User's Manual

LOC8 User Guide Preface

 United States Federal Communications Commission, Code of Federal

Regulations; 47 CFR part 2 sub-part J.

 American National Standards Institute (ANSI). C95. 1-2005.

 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). C95. 1-2005 Edition.

 International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)

1998.

 Ministry of Health (Canada). Safety Code 6. Limits of Human Exposure to

Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz or

300 GHz, 1999.

 Australian Communications and Media Authority. Radiocommunications

(Electromagnetic Radiation - Human Exposure) Standard 2003, Amendment

Standards 2011 (No. 2).

 Anatel (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações), Brasil Regulatory Authority,

Resolution 303 (July 2, 2002) “Regulation of the limitation of exposure to

electrical, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields in the radio frequency range

between 9 kHz and 300 GHz.” “Attachment to Resolution 303 from July 2,

2002. Updated on November 22, 2012”.

Requirements for Exposure to Radio Waves

LOC8 includes a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to

exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the U.S. Government. These limits

are part of comprehensive guidelines and establish permitted levels of RF energy for

standards that were developed by independent scientific organizations through

periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies. The standards include a

substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age

and health.

The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of measurement

know as the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6 W/

kg.

Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions reviewed by the

FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested

frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level,

the actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well below the maximum

value. This is because the phone is designed to operate at multiple power levels so as to

use only the power required to reach the network. In general, the closer you are to a

wireless base station antenna, the lower the power output.

Before a phone model is available for sale to the public, it must be tested and certified

to the FCC that it does not exceed the limit established by the government-adopted

1. In the United States and Canada, the SAR limit for mobile phones used by the public is 1.6 watts/kg

(W/kg) averaged over one gram of tissue. The standard incorporates a substantial margin of safety for

the public and to account for any variations in measurements.