Subject: Cell phone mast exposure (Curry)
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 024304 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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...........We are often asked this question...... Dr. Bill Curry's
answer deserves to be read by all......
Possibly Bill's answer is not the answer she was looking for. She
might have preferred a simple "yes" or "no". Few situations in this EMF
saga can be answered with a simple "yes" or "no".
I can think of one, though, that is -- is the U.S. Government doing its
"job" of alerting and protecting its citizens from the effects of EMF?
No.......
Cheerio......
Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
roy@emfguru.com
.....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
NEW!!! Website... http://emfguru.com
...................People are more important than profits.................
Missed opportunity...
$$$$$ We could have changed the corrupted system!! $$$$$
McCain !!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 20:02:54 -0600
From: "Bill P. Curry"
To: NT4@groovy44.freeserve.co.uk
Cc: "Roy L. Beavers"
Subject: Re: mobile masts (fwd)
Nina,
Whether the mast is too close to you depends on two other factors: 1) the
power of the transmitter and 2) the gain of the antenna. If you know the
power the transmitter is putting into the anenna, you need to know also
whether the radiation is emitted equally in all directions (isotropic
emission) or whether the antennas are directional. If the antennas are
directional, you have a situation like a light focused through a lens, the
radiation is stronger in some directions at the expense of other directions.
Usually anennas on cell phone towers are directional anennas and there are
three directions of maximum radiation strength. These are spaced about every
120 degrees in the horizontal plane with zero degrees referenced to some
compass direction.
What is, perhaps, more important is that there are lobes in the vertical
plane with varying amounts of emission strength. There is very little
emission downward underneath the antennas and maximum emission in a narrow
angular region near the horizon. At the distance you mentioned, you are
probably in the main lobe where the emission is strongest. However, you are
far enough away that the radiation strength will be diminshing inversely
proportional to the square of slant distance between the antenna radiating
center and your position.
You need to try to get (from the application that the mast owner provided
to whatever government agency approved the application) the radiation
pattern of the antennas that constitute the installation. If you can get
the manufacturer and model number of the antenna, the antenna radiation
pattern and the gain of the antenna can usually be obtained on the
internet.
If you will get this information, plus the height difference between the
antennas and you house, I will calculate the radiation density that you
can expect at your location at no charge. Let me know if I can be of
service.
Bill Curry
Roy L. Beavers wrote:
>
> Bill:
>
> Would you like to give this woman some expert advice.....?
>
> Thanks for the IEEE info. I had already covered that....
>
> Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
> roy@emfguru.com
>
> .....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
> NEW!!! Website... http://emfguru.com
> ...................People are more important than profits.................
> Missed opportunity...
> $$$$$ We could have changed the corrupted system!! $$$$$
> McCain !!
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 22:44:06 -0000
> From: Nina Turner
> To: rbeavers@llion.org
> Subject: mobile masts
>
> Hello
>
> My friend recommended that you have a site about EMF exposure and I was hoping you might be able to help me?
>
> I would like to buy a house but noticed a mobile mast about 250m away in a nearby field.
>
> Is this too close? Do you think it poses a significant risk to health?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nina
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