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[Tha Bobster]

I have a friend that found out the hard way that microwave tower emit extremely dangerous amounts of radiation the hard way. Now that he's been looking into it, he's seeing that companies are installing these mini- microwave sites onto or nearby poles. Are any of you being trained about exposure and are any of you seeing them being installed onto your poles?

Read more about RF Radiation here
http://www.alikelydeath.com/index_Page438.htm

[System Tech Senior]

We have a few on our tower at the headend, but haven't seen any on poles yet. Thanks for the warning though. I'll be on the look out for them now.

[Dak]

I have a friend that found out the hard way that microwave tower emit extremely dangerous amounts of radiation the hard way. Now that he's been looking into it, he's seeing that companies are installing these mini- microwave sites onto or nearby poles. Are any of you being trained about exposure and are any of you seeing them being installed onto your poles?

It's not just on poles. Here is a link to something a little closer to home>>>

Is your cell phone really safe?

Dak

[1estimater]

I have a friend that found out the hard way that microwave tower emit extremely dangerous amounts of radiation the hard way. Now that he's been looking into it, he's seeing that companies are installing these mini- microwave sites onto or nearby poles. Are any of you being trained about exposure and are any of you seeing them being installed onto your poles?

Read more about RF Radiation here
http://www.alikelydeath.com/index_Page438.htm

check out what the IBEW says on the issue:
http://www.ibew.org/articles/08daily/0809/...ltelVerizon.htm

[phreak]

I work around it all the time.


It can be very dangerous if you do not know the safe approach distances.

Much can be found on the internet, look into RF Exposure Guidelines....

http://www.google.co...e8f9588018abe0f

[Dave72]

phreak, on 21 March 2010 - 07:57 PM, said:

It can be very dangerous if you do not know the safe approach distances.

Distance along with erp (radiated power) is the key item, for sure.

What the 'safe' exposure is, I think the levels are still unknown.

Anyone notice the roll-out of the new remote power meter reading hubs ?

Some hydro companies are creating a cell-type radio system to read hydro meters remotely.
These hubs can be mounted to poles, typically down close to the tel/catv stuff (where they
can link back to the central computer via modem/etc).

Now us lower-strand guys get some cell transmitters down close to our 'nads'.. nice..

[phreak]

Yes, it is all based on frequency, transmitter power, and antenna gain. All of which provide you the ability to determine approach distances.

I don't know what types of systems are being deployed for AMR/AMI in the various areas but there are several frequencies available. The systems I have dealt with were 1.3GHz, VHF, and 900MHz.