[TowerTalk] RF exposure and my neighbor

Tue Jun 29 01:04:22 EDT 2004

It is amazing to me how many people have the exact same story, mine
virtually identical.

Neighbor calls city, city calls me, city finds out I already have a city
permit, neighbor frustrated calls comcast, comcast technician says, it's an
ugly antenna, must be why your TV dosent work, ham calls comcast, comcast
regional chief engineer profusely apologizes for technician comment and for
discovery of 15 year old corroded video connectors found in ground, comcast
engineer says 49/50 complaints about hams are comcast problems.  neighbor
even more frustrated calls FCC.  FCC says ham station is perfectly in
compliance, neighbor moves to complain to FCC agent that it just looks bad,
FCC agent says, so sorry, and instructs neighbor to call the city.  Story
ends.  Neighbor and I are now friendly.  Go figure.

I think most all of us are still on the air...!

Michael K3MH

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Cameron Crum
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:36 PM
To: Todd Coulter; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RF exposure and my neighbor

Guys like this can be a real pain..be prepared for the worst. I've been all
over the US and South America designing cell and pcs systems and we had to
deal with these types all the time while putting up cell phone towers. I
suggest courteous non-interaction. Be polite, tell him you are in compliance
with FCC regulations and give him the data that proves it, then leave it
alone. The more you try to convince him the more he will try to oppose you.
We had people all the time bringing in all the case studies they could find
on the harmful effects of cell phone radiation. It usually turned out that
the studies were for the phones themselves and not the towers. By the way,
most newer digital cell phones, especially CDMA phones operate at below 1/4
watt (saw a post earlier that said 3/4 watt). Obviously the guy doesn't
realize that the wireless lan he bought at Radio Shack last month is
operating at the same frequency he pops his kettle corn in before sitting
down in front of his big screen projection TV while talking on yet another
2.4 GHz cordless telephone at less than 1 CM from his brain. Come to think
of it, maybe that is the problem?

Good luck.

Cameron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Coulter" <coulter at bellsouth.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 7:52 PM
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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See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
Weather Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any
questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.

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