If you operate your station with indoor antennas, what precautions should you take when you install them?

Indoor antennas expose occupants of a building to much higher levels of radio frequency (RF) energy than typical outdoor antennas. To minimize this RF exposure and ensure a safe environment, you must install indoor antennas as far away as possible from living spaces and areas where people spend time. While minimizing transmission line length might reduce signal loss, doing so by placing the antenna near your operating position puts you at risk of unsafe RF exposure. Similarly, placing antennas near electrical wiring can cause dangerous interference and coupling, rather than beneficial parasitic effects.