Feb 8 Meeting: FCC Exposure rules

The club meeting scheduled for February 8th will again be a virtual meeting using GoToMeeting.  We will continue to hold virtual meetings until March, 2022 or later.

 This month’s meeting will include the following:

 Club Business – Burt KR9T

A look at upcoming programs – Dave WW9S

Featured speaker: Greg Lapin N9GL

 Since the FCC changed the human exposure rules on May 3, 2021, all hams are required to confirm that their stations are not exposing anyone to RF levels higher than the regulatory safety limits.  In this presentation, N9GL will discuss what is required at every amateur radio station, several ways to perform exposure assessments, and what you can do if the assessment indicates the potential for excessive exposure.

 Greg’s Bio

 Greg Lapin, N9GL, was first licensed in 1970.  He holds a PhD degree from Northwestern University in Electrical Engineering and a PE license from the State of Illinois.  He works as a consultant in the electronics and communications industries.  He has been involved in the field of RF safety since 1995.  He is the chairman of the ARRL RF Safety Committee, where he has held that position since 1998.  He is a member of the IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation and the International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety, which writes the C95 family of safety standards.  He has been a member of the FCC Technological Advisory Council since 2001 and is currently co-authoring the latest revision of the FCC publication OET Bulletin 65 “Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields,” Supplement B “Additional Information for Amateur Radio Stations.”  He recently completed writing the RF Safety chapter for the upcoming 100-year anniversary edition of the ARRL Handbook, which will be published later this year.