If I were in your shoes I would contact ARRL immediately and get their
advice. I would also get an attorney to represent me in all matters of
communication with those who are complaining.
Keith
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Todd Coulter
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 7:52 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] RF exposure and my neighbor
Well, Jim Idelson K1IR was right on the money. After my discussion with my
neighbor yesterday about the tower, and telling him that I would get him
some information about it to put his fears at ease. I arrived home from work
today to find a card from one of the building officials at the city on my
door asking me to call him. He told me that some of my neighbors didn't like
the way my tower looked and they also had questions about me transmitting
with it. I took some information down to the city official which included
the rf safety evaluations showing that I would be in compliance with the FCC
guidelines, and also a paper that explained that rf from an amateur's
antenna is relatively safe which I downloaded from the ARRL's website. The
building official was very nice and said that I didn't have anything to
worry about, and that he was only educating himself so that he could answer
the complaints. I found out later that my neighbor called the City Attorney
as well. (My neighbor is also an attorney) My neighbor also wants to get a
local University to come out and take readings when I get the station going.
Well we will see where this goes. I think I will severely limit my contact
with my neighbor for now. Thanks for all of the advice.
Todd
N4JRZ
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