G0OZS on ICNIRP and the EMF license condition for UK Radio Amateurs
Channel: g0ozs
Date: 2021-04-14

This is an edited version of a presentation I gave to the East Suffolk RAYNET-UK and the Leiston Amateur Radio Club on 13th April 2021. It is my personal view of how the proposed OFCOM license condition will affect amateur radio and how I have used the available tools to demonstrate that my station complies with it. This was done in a personal capacity and does not represent the RSGB, RAYNET-UK or anyone else. 

The presentation covers 
- Basics of Electromagnetics and antennas
- ICNIRP guidelines 
- The OFCOM draft license change and guidelines 
- Using the OFCOM and RSGB calculators 
- Limitations of the basic calculators and what else can be used 
- A very brief introduction to antenna modelling with 4NEC2
- Station changes that can improve compliance 

Relevant links are: 

OFCOM:   https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/emf 
    and https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/215657/What-you-need-to-know-as-an-amateur-radio-licensee-Draft-version.pdf 

RSGB:       https://rsgb.org/main/technical/emc/emf-exposure/ 
ARRL:       http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/RFsafetyCommittee/RF%20Exposure%20and%20You.pdf
4NEC2:

I will be uploading some of my contributions to my own web site at 

https://g0ozs.co.uk/mdwiki/emf/#!index.md

This is a slide show with voice narration and not a true video, but I hope it will prove useful to the amateur radio community in the UK and maybe to amateurs more generally. 

Iain 
73 de G0OZS