Subject:  (Philips) Re (Dumpe) Channel One (fwd)
Date:     Fri, 26 Jun 1998 052641 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru@hotmail.com
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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:09:46
From: Alasdair Philips 
To: "Roy L. Beavers" 
Subject: Re: (Dumpe) Channel One (fwd)

Roy:

While I agree with almost all Bert wrote in the posting below I need to
make an important point.  I have carried out extensive measurements of
cell phone signals and they shine out sideways from the antenna like
beams from an old-fashioned lighthouse.  Directly below the lighthouse
is is actually quite dark and even difficult to see whether the 
lighthouse is even working.  Max signal strength at ground level is 
typically 75 to 100 metres away from a low mast (15 or 20m high) and
even further away from higher masts.

Now a few years ago I was campaigning to keep them off schools in the
UK and actually achieved this in a number of cases when the Governors
voted to refuse the facility.  What then happened in 3 cases out of 4
was that the cellular company found a nearby site around 100 metres
away and put the mast there!  So the school was much more highly
irradiated and also didn't collect and benefit from the (typically) 
5000 GBPounds annual fee.

My stance now is that either make sure the mast goes at least 500 metres
away, or accept it on the school with the highest mast the company and
planners will agree to.

Like it, or not, these #*!*#!! base stations will go up somewhere. In the
UK it is a Licence Condition that the operator covers (say) 96% of the UK
poulation by a specified date or they will be fined by Government and/or
be threatened with loss of License.  It really is difficult to find the
best outcome here.

Alasdair
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Alasdair Philips    (aphilips@gn.apc.org)
Director, UK Powerwatch,
EMC Engineer and EMF-bioeffects researcher
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At 21:55 25/06/98 -0500, you wrote:
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 21:32:23 -0400
>From: Bdumpe@worldbank.org
>To: rbeavers@llion.org

>Roy: The answer is YES to Christopher's question re the microwave antennas
>on schools. It may be a "headache" for us, the opponents, but it will be a
>disaster for children!! They must live and/or play 7-8 hours per day under
>the antennas.    ....snipped.....
>
>Bert


 
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Alasdair Philips    (aphilips@gn.apc.org)
Director, UK Powerwatch,
EMC Engineer and EMF-bioeffects researcher
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