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AM I REQUIRED TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT?  CLEARLY, IF YOU WANT TO OPERATE
BEYOND THE LIMITS SHOWN IN TABLE 1, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT A FORMAL
ASSESSMENT.  NOTE ALSO THAT THE REGULATIONS REQUIRE YOU TO BE IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE LIMITS WHETHER OR NOT AN ASSESSMENT IS REQUIRED.  THUS IF YOU ARE
OPERATING IN A WAY THAT HAS A LIKELIHOOD OF EXCEEDING THE LIMITS, YOU ARE
WELL ADVISED TO PERFORM AN ASSESSMENT EVEN IF YOU ARE TRANSMITTING LESS
THAN THE POWER SHOWN IN THE TABLE.  THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU SHOULD
DO THIS ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND A MATTER OF COMMON SENSE.
BASICALLY, ANY TIME AN INDOOR ANTENNA, OR AN OUTDOOR ANTENNA THAT IS CLOSE
TO PEOPLE, IS USED YOU SHOULD CONSIDER RF SAFETY.  HOW DO I COMPLETE THE
ASSESSMENT?  THE ALLOWABLE FIELD STRENGTHS FOR TWO ENVIRONMENTS ARE SHOWN
IN TABLE 2 FOR THE HF AND VHF FREQUENCY RANGES.  THESE WILL BE THE MOST
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1,136,960 A C NN7SS 12,270 B A K5ZD 1,365,663 A C K5KG 956,202 A C N2BJ
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