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EMF consultation

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Ofcom has published the responses to the EMF consultation on their website. A link can be found on the RSGB’s EMF webpage at http://rsgb.org/emf.

The RSGB would like to thank the 255 of you who took the time to respond either individually or on behalf of your organisation. The majority of all responders were against the proposals. Now that ICNIRP guidelines 2020 have been published, the RSGB is preparing updated guidelines and advice as to how to operate your stations within these guidelines. These will be published on the EMC pages of the website later this year.

This guidance is being prepared by a group of experts from the amateur community including the editors of the IEEE Standard for Safety Levels for Human Exposure to EMF fields.
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Ofcom release responses to EMF consultation
Responses to the Ofcom consultation: Proposed measures to require compliance with international guidelines for limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) are now available

The RSGB response said:

"RSGB is deeply concerned on both regulatory and technical grounds with the burdensome and disproportionate approach taken by the Ofcom proposals"

"In their impact upon Amateur Radio,the current Ofcom proposals do not meet the statutory criteria for objective justification. Ofcom admits that it is not aware of any cases where the ICNIRP Guidelines have been breached [3, para 4.11]; RSGB is likewise not aware of any such cases involving Amateur Radio."

"The proposed changes would have a damaging effect upon Amateur Radio in the UK while delivering little or no improvement in terms of EMF Safety."

Read the responses at
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations- ... ?showall=1
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