I don’t see where distribution is prohibited, just that it should retain the ARRL copyright notice as it is part of QEX. 

With that said, being in compliance with the new RF safety rules is broadly not difficult. There are a few unresolved issues and nuances including 2 meter handheld radios and SAR evaluations for new UHF and above radios. The complication with 2 meter radios is that SAR measurement isn’t really valid below 300MHz. The SAR measurements themselves require specialized equipment but the manufacturers already do this for commercial radios. If you look at SAR reports for (example) icom or Yaesu you will see similar models to amateur handheld radios. 

And we are not alone. For example, Apple apparently was accused of having some iPhone models that exceeded their reported SAR results. However follow up testing found them to be in compliance. 

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/radio-frequency-exposure-test-iphone-11-pro-double-fcc-limits

I have confidence that we can resolve this to where compliance is not overly burdensome. 

Ria
N2RJ 

On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 2:11 PM Baker, Mickey, N4MB (Dir, SE) <mbaker@arrl.org> wrote:

Some of you have already seen this information from the RFSC. I had not, but the whole of these documents do illustrate relatively the difficulty of being compliant with the new  RF exposure requirement.

 

I believe that sending this out as a news item is premature – it needs context for the average amateur to understand.

 

The reason I’m sending this to the Board is that this was emailed to several lists by the Southern Florida Section Manager this morning. You may be asked about it.

 

It includes a yet-to-be-published QEX article that Kai Siwiak warned about redistribution… yet the SM decided to distribute it widely. Sigh.

 

Preview attachment Gregory D Lapin Ex Parte Disclosure 2021-05-06.pdf

Gregory D Lapin Ex Parte Disclosure 2021-05-06.pdf

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Preview attachment Gregory D Lapin Ex Parte Disclosure 2021-05-26.pdf

Gregory D Lapin Ex Parte Disclosure 2021-05-26.pdf

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Preview attachment ##-QEX 2021-07 Tell Exposure Considerations.pdf

##-QEX 2021-07 Tell Exposure Considerations.pdf

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Preview attachment ##-Ex Parte Disclosure Letter for Meeting of 2021-04-12.pdf

##-Ex Parte Disclosure Letter for Meeting of 2021-04-12.pdf

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Mickey Baker

Director, Southeastern Division

ARRL

Phone (561) 320-2775

Email: n4mb@arrl.org

 

 


From: Kai <k.siwiak@ieee.org>
Date: Sun, May 30, 2021 at 7:38 AM
Subject: "RSFC dispatches" regarding the new FCC rules
To: Mickey Baker <fishflorida@gmail.com>



Hi Mickey,
For your information, here are Greg Lapin's first three Ex Parte disclosures
documenting our meetings with FCC folks regarding new RF Exposure rules.
These are part of the public disclosure on the matter, but they are hard to find
on the FCC web pages.
I am also enclosing Ric Tell's QEX manuscript (to be published in the
July/August 2021 QEX) dealing with SAR measurements. Do not distribute except
with the ARRL copyright notice and permission statement intact.
Everything is in a state of flux, but we are pedaling as fast as we can!

The usual "roundup of suspects" from RFSC volunteers are also meeting regularly
with the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) hams to coordinate with Ofcom
efforts.

Kindest regards,
Kazimierz "Kai" Siwiak, KE4PT
Member ARRL RFSC
QEX Editor

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