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Whats New About the FCCs New RF-Exposure Regulations?

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Whats New About the FCCs New RF-Exposure Regulations?

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The FCC has answered some of our questions about the RF-exposure rules. Changes to the regulations have a few pleasant surprises for Amateur Radio. Life seems to happen in spurts and jumps, and the FCC RF-exposure regulations have been no exception. In August of 1996, the FCC announced a new set of RF-exposure regulations. I described these in my January 1997 QST article, “The FCC’s New RF-Exposure Regulations”. The article discussed how the original standards were developed, the history of the rules, and included an explanation about what was, and was not, required of the Amateur Radio Service. It’s must reading for anyone who wants to understand these rules. The article you’re reading now builds on that foundation, describing what is new, what rules changes and information the FCC has just announced, and what we can expect in the near future. The January QST article didn’t address one important issue: How to go about performing the evaluations. The FCC Office of Engineering and Techn

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