[TowerTalk] Re: Upcoming Compliance

[alsopb@vance.net]

Guys,
I'm curious about the RF safety calculator assumptions.  The area of
interest in in the "near field"  My understanding is that calculating
near field  field strengths is a big task.   The antenna pattern DB gain
are far field numbers?  Aren't we mixing apples and oranges?  I question
any "calculation" that says it's OK to be within 2 feet when running 1.5
Kw.

Anyhow if it does become a standard, don't forget to include your
feedline loss.  1db is 25% power that doesn't make it to the antenna and
should not be included in the calculation.

Brian/K3KO

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