Plain-language answer: General RF safety means controlling exposure, preventing contact with energized conductors, maintaining clearances, protecting equipment, and keeping untrained people out of hazardous areas.
Why it matters
Portable operation can change the audience, antenna height, duty cycle, and access every time, so a permanent-station assumption may no longer apply.
Use it correctly
Evaluate before transmitting, use minimum necessary power, secure radiators and feed points, respect equipment ratings, post or supervise restricted areas, and stop when conditions change.
The common mistake
Treating low transmitter power as automatic proof of safety.
Decision boundary
Current regulation, program rules, manufacturer limits, exact station configuration, and live observations control. Recheck changing rules, solar conditions, and operating status before acting.
