[SFDXA] ARLB011 Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on May 3

[Bruce Phegley]

Thanks for info Kai, 73

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 4:55 PM Kai <k.siwiak at ieee.org> wrote:

> Bill,
> The ARRL RF Safety Committee is burning the midnight oil with the FCC to
> make it as painless as possible for US hams. We are also collaborating with
> Ofcom (UK) to leverage their tools and expertise.
>
> You're right, this will be fun! Don't Panic!
> 73,
> Kai, KE4PT
> ARRL RFSC
>
> On 4/13/2021 14:29, Bill wrote:
>
> *This will be fun...*
>
>
>
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB011
> ARLB011 Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on
> May 3
>
> ZCZC AG11
> QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 11 ARLB011
>
> From ARRL Headquarters
>
> Newington CT April 13, 2021
> To all radio amateurs
> SB QST ARL ARLB011
>
> ARLB011 Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on
> May 3
>
> The FCC has announced that rule changes detailed in a lengthy 2019
> Report and Order governing RF exposure standards go into effect on
> May 3, 2021. The new rules do not change existing RF exposure (RFE)
> limits but do require that stations in all services, including
> amateur radio, be evaluated against existing limits, unless they are
> exempted. For stations already in place, that evaluation must be
> completed by May 3, 2023. After May 3 of this year, any new station,
> or any existing station modified in a way that's likely to change
> its RFE profile - such as different antenna or placement or greater
> power - will need to conduct an evaluation by the date of activation
> or change.
>
> The Report and Order can be found online in PDF format at,
> https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-126A1.pdf .
>
> "In the RF Report and Order, the Commission anticipated that few
> parties would have to conduct reevaluations under the new rules and
> that such evaluations will be relatively straightforward," the FCC
> said in an April 2 Public Notice. "It nevertheless adopted a 2-year
> period for parties to verify and ensure compliance under the new
> rules."
>
> The Amateur Service is no longer categorically excluded from certain
> aspects of the rules, as amended, and licensees can no longer avoid
> performing an exposure assessment simply because they are
> transmitting below a given power level.
>
> "For most amateurs, the major difference is the removal of the
> categorical exclusion for amateur radio, which means that ham
> station owners must determine if they either qualify for an
> exemption or must perform a routine environmental evaluation," said
> Greg Lapin, N9GL, chair of the ARRL RF Safety Committee and a member
> of the FCC Technological Advisory Council (TAC).
>
> "Ham stations previously excluded from performing environmental
> evaluations will have until May 3, 2023, to perform these. After May
> 3, 2021, any new stations or those modified in a way that affects RF
> exposure must comply before being put into service," Lapin said.
>
> The December 2019 RF Report and Order changes the methods that many
> radio services use to determine and achieve compliance with FCC
> limits on human exposure to RF electromagnetic fields. The FCC also
> modified the process for determining whether a particular device or
> deployment is exempt from a more thorough analysis by replacing a
> service-specific list of transmitters, facilities, and operations
> for which evaluation is required with new streamlined formula-based
> criteria. The R&O also addressed how to perform evaluations where
> the exemption does not apply, and how to mitigate exposure.
>
> Amateur radio licensees will have to determine whether any existing
> facilities previously excluded under the old rules now qualify for
> an exemption under the new rules. Most will, but some may not.
>
> "For amateurs, the major difference is the removal of the
> categorical exclusion," Lapin said, "which means that every ham will
> be required to perform some sort of calculation, either to determine
> if they qualify for an exemption or must perform a full-fledged
> exposure assessment. For hams who previously performed exposure
> assessments on their stations, there is nothing more to do."
>
> The ARRL Laboratory staff is available to help amateurs to make
> these determinations and, if needed, perform the necessary
> calculations to ensure their stations comply. ARRL Laboratory
> Manager Ed Hare, W1RFI, who helped prepare ARRL's RF Exposure and
> You book, explained it this way. "The FCC did not change any of the
> underlying rules applicable to amateur station evaluations," he
> said. "The sections of the book on how to perform routine station
> evaluations are still valid and usable, especially the many charts
> of common antennas at different heights." Hare said ARRL Lab staff
> also would be available to help amateurs understand the rules and
> evaluate their stations."
>
> RF Exposure and You is available in PDF format for free download
> from ARRL at,
> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/RFsafetyCommittee/28RFSafety.pdf
> .
> ARRL also has an RF Safety page on its website at,
> http://www.arrl.org/rf-exposure .
>
> The ARRL RF Safety Committee is working with the FCC to update the
> FCC's aids for following human exposure rules - OET Bulletin 65 and
> OET Bulletin 65 Supplement B for Radio Amateurs. In addition, ARRL
> is developing tools that all hams can use to perform exposure
> assessments.
> NNNN
> /EX
>
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