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Re: [TowerTalk] RF exposure and my neighbor

To: "Chris BONDE" <ve7hcb@rac.ca>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RF exposure and my neighbor
From: Peter Sundberg <sm2cew@telia.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:37:47 +0000
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Have a look at the download page on my website www.qsl.net/sm2cew where
you'll find the VK3UM software suite that includes 

"The Site and Radiation Calculator" 

It provides for the FCC and Australian RF Safety Standards as well as being
fully adjustable to suit you 
own National Standard. Covers 1.8MHz to 48GHz
for both circular and rectangular aperatures. Selectable common 
antennae
types are provided as well as variable input is included.

73/Peter SM2CEW



At 16:01 2004-06-30 , you wrote:
>Does this URL, or any others do the same calculations for cell phones (or
in some 
>areas hand phones)?  There has been a number of inconclusive reports about 
>operating the cell phone with antenna near the head.  The one that I have
wondered 
>about is the  pager.  I think that some of the pager centres run about
100k watts, are 
>near other transmitters such as TV, cells, various emergency transmitters
and cable 
>TV.  What a site for intermods etc.  The intermods should only increase
with split 
>spectrum devices.
>
>So I guess what I am asking is what about all these other transmitters
basic and 
>working against each other?
>
>Chris opr VE7HCB  
>
>From:                  "Tower (K8RI)" <tower@rogerhalstead.com>
>To:                    "Arne Gjerning" <gjerning@flash.net>,
<hdmc38@bellsouth.net>,
>       "Todd Coulter" <coulter@bellsouth.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Subject:               Re: [TowerTalk] RF exposure and my neighbor
>Date sent:             Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:54:09 -0400
>Copies to:             
>
>There is a site http://n5xu.ae.utexas.edu/rfsafety/  that has fill in
>the blanks forms for RF levels.  It's easy to use and allows "what if"
>calculations.  Just do a set for each band at your highest power
>level. Conversely you can figure out just how high a power you can run
>for a given distance.
>
>I did them for all bands, but you will find you can get within a few
>feet of simple antennas.  Beams, or gain antennas OTOH at 20, 15, and
>10 are a bit more sensitive.
>
>Exposure levels are highly sensitive to frequency.
>
>It works out that 2-meters is probably the most sensitive to RF
>exposure levels. Here I can run the legal limit on all bands in the
>"un-controlled environment" except for 2-meters where my calculated
>limit into the array is only 380 watts.  Being I'm only pushing 50
>watts into 228 feet of LMR-400 I don't think I have much to worry
>about.
>
>Based on what we do know and what we don't, were it not for the
>regulations it would probably be a non issue.  The "non ionizing"
>radiation exposure levels were calculated based on experiments that
>may, or may not be all that representative of heating in the human
>body.  They came up with a value and multiplied it by ten to be on the
>safe side.
>
>Any one using an HT much far exceeds the allowable levels which don't
>take effect below either 100 or 200 watts. So, last I knew if a
>station only runs a basic rig without a power amp they don't even have
>to figure exposure levels.  That may have changed.
>
>Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
>N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
>www.rogerhalstead.com
>
>
>> I was looking into this at work for a 2KW 5GHz system with 6ft
>> dishes and located an FCC site that should be of interest.  There is
>> info relating to Amateur Radio Stations and it is very thorough (60
>> printed pages).  Do a search for FCC and within FCC site search for
>> OET Bulletuin 65 Supplement
>B.
>> This will provide more than enough info and it has the calculation
>> sheets required by FCC to determine RF Exposure. Lot of charts and
>> tables.  This same info in the ARRL RF Exposure info book.
>>
>> Hope this info will help.
>>
>> 73 de Arne N7KA
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <hdmc38@bellsouth.net>
>> To: "Todd Coulter" <coulter@bellsouth.net>;
>> <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 7:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RF exposure and my neighbor
>>
>>
>> > Todd
>> >     Try this link.http://www.n5xu.ae.utexas.edu/rfsafety/
>> >
>> >                       73 Joe K4XZ
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > From: "Todd Coulter" <coulter@bellsouth.net>
>> > > Date: 2004/06/27 Sun PM 08:30:12 EDT
>> > > To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> > > Subject: [TowerTalk] RF exposure and my neighbor
>> > >
>> > > I am currently erecting a 51 foot tower and have not yet had
>> > > time to
>get
>> > > the antenna and feed lines on the tower yet. My neighbor stopped
>> > > me today and questioned me about the tower. His main concern was
>> > > about he and his family being exposed to RF from the tower. I am
>> > > looking for
>good
>> > > articles that I could print out and give to him about RF from an
>amateur
>> > > radio station explaining that he doesn't have anything to worry
>> > > about.
>I
>> > > also plan on doing a RF exposure  station evaluation as well.
>> > > Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Todd
>> > >
>> > > N4JRZ
>> > >
>> > >
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>> > >
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