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G8MNY > TECH 24.04.07 19:03l 59 Lines 2586 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Mobile Mast Madness
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By G8MNY (New Apr 07)
I watched another TV phone in programme this morning, where RF death
beam hysteria & NIMBY (not in my back yard) ruled OK. This was triggered
by another report that cancer might be cause be the radiation from the
47,000 UK masts.
1/ The idea that radiation from phone mast kill people is absurd, quite
the opposite is true.
2/ Mobile phones actually save lives. 100s per day as emergency calls
for accidents, heart attacks, robberies, & assaults etc. right from
the incident site, with no added delay phone access delay result in
the services getting there in the crucial life critical time.
3/ The idea that the radiation Rx from masts is high (compared to the
phones). The fact that the RF field from masts is millions of time
weaker at ground level than from a phone by your ear is never
mentioned!
4/ The idea you can put the masts somewhere else is also untrue. You
need the masts in the populated area because the range is so low.
Masts further away will cause bigger cells & hence less peak
traffic capacity. Also your handset will have to Tx higher power
(shorter Tx time/battery life etc.) if the cell is large. Other
than high population areas, masts are generally sited in valleys
that would be RF holes & on hilltops where phones can then run low
power & stop multi cell QRM from the hilltop.
5/ From 3 & 4 it is NOT a good idea to have masts further away from
schools, in fact the school could well do with the mast site money
to pay for better education. Lowest radiation is often close up to
a masts under the beam!
6/ The safety record of other sources of UHF RF radiation, like QRO TV
Tx (Mega Watts), or the extreme QRO of air traffic microwave radar
(Giga Watts) is never considered. Or for that matter the RF leakage
of microwave ovens in most kitchens.
7/ The only real loss of life due to mobile phones, in the stupid
drivers holding a mobile up to their ear & not concentrating on
driving. This is now illegal in most countries, but these driving
laws have had little effect!
Note 2/ also shows the opposite view, "that speed humps save lives",
London Ambulance Service has be quoted before now to say that 700
lives are lost per year on average, directly due to London's speed
humps & traffic calming measures, by increasing emergency journey
times. The same is true for Fire engines that burst their water
tanks etc.
Why Don't U send an interesting bul?
73 de John G8MNY @ GB7CIP
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