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[TowerTalk] Re: Upcoming Compliance

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Upcoming Compliance
From: sawyers@inav.net (Steve Sawyers n0yvy)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 14:23:24 -0600
Simple definition:

Controlled is inside your property line. 

Uncontrolled is outside your property.

de n0yvy steve

Big Don wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Bill Turner wrote:
> 
> > There is a RF safety calculator available at:
> >
> > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/rfsafety/
> >
> > I can't personally vouch for the accuracy - perhaps someone else can?
> > But if it's correct, very few of us have anything to worry about.  For
> > example, I have a 160/80 meter ground mounted vertical which I like to
> >  [...]
> 
> Hey, I tried it, this works real slick.
> 
> A couple of points, tho.  There are different allowables for "Controlled"
> and "Uncontrolled" environments.  I couldn't find where those terms were
> defined.
> 
> Also, you have to input the "DB" gain for your antenna.  Ther has been so
> much confusion over these figures in the past, it would be nice if the
> correct values to use for several of the more popular antennas could be
> made available somewhere.
> 
> Finally, as W7TI mentions, "if it's correct."  The official blessing for
> the methodology needs to be issued....
> 
> Big Don
> 
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