Hi all, I read Hjalmar Arnason's posting on safety markings in Iceland and noticed the Tetra number in the signature. I gather that the US has decided against the use of Tetra. It is just slowly being phased in by Dolphin Telecommunications here in the UK and is on trial by a number of the emergency services.
There was an article on Tetra on British television only yesterday (06-Feb-2001, Channel 4 news, http://www.channel4.com/news) suggesting there were potential hazards with the system. Anyone out there with definitive knowledge on the effect of the Tetra pulsed radio frequency on the brain (calcium cell migration leading to changes in behaviour, personality, memory etc) and is there a standard being devised for compliance. Regards - Chris Chileshe - Ultronics Limited - Cheltenham, UK -----Original Message----- From: Hjalmar Arnason [SMTP:hjal...@tetra.is] Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 8:47 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Iceland Hi all I had already given my comment to Mr. Woods since his was the original question but as far as I can tell we accept markings in English, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian. I have not seen any safety markings in Icelandic on equipment, except on those manufact. here. Those who can read/write English and Icelandic have little problem reading the other language's. For further info try: http://www.pta.is/ http://www.ls.is/english/english.html http://www.stjr.is/ivr/ wbr-Hjalmar. STIKLA ehf Hjalmar Arnason Manager Technical Operations Hlidasmara 11 201 Kopavogi Iceland hjal...@tetra.is gsm. +354 8626265 nmt. +354 8526265 tetra.+354 6386265 ph. +354 5455703 fax. +354 5455709 http://www.tetra.is/ -----Original Message----- From: owner-emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Gary McInturff Sent: 5. februar 2001 16:11 To: 'am...@westin.org'; wo...@sensormatic.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Iceland UL60950 in 1.7.12 "Allows" the following. Instructions and equipment marking related to safety shall be in a language which is acceptable in the country in which the equipment is installed. Note 1 - Documentation intended for use only by Service personnel is permitted in the English language only. Note 2 - Germany, safety related information also for service personnel has to be in the German language. So if Iceland accepts the harmonized standards they should accept just those two. I didn't say I recommend it, but space becomes an issue after awhile. As a minimum I put the stuff in English, French, and German, then as marketing identifies new countries and translate the manual further they end up adding additional translations for the safety markings as well. Someone earlier asked about finding translators. Generally, speaking you can find them at nearby universities. They along with some of the professional translations services sometimes have problems translating technical documents, I assume because of the acronyms and industry-centric vocabulary. Gary -----Original Message----- From: am...@westin.org [mailto:am...@westin.org] Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 1:02 AM To: wo...@sensormatic.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Iceland Richard, Is the official language in Iceland "Icelandic"? <Yes> Being a member of the EFTA,I understand that they adopt the EU Declarations and harmonized standards. <Yes they do>. In cases where a directive or harmonized standard requires information to be in the national language, is Icelandic the only acceptable language? <I am not sure>. I previously understood that Norwegian was accepted, but now I am not sure. <Norway and Iceland had common language way back in time (some hundreds years ago). Today Norwegian and "Icelandic" languages are quite different, and I am quite sure that they do not use/accept/understand Norwegian language up north in Iceland>. 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