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From: MJ Ray
adrian.wells
wrote: It's interesting that people are happy to put wireless networking into schools but not mobile radio masts (from which the schools can make
When I raised this point in the past, I was rudely reminded that radio transmitters roughly follow a square law (half the distance is a quarter the power) and that major masts should be put as far away from people as possible.
Indeed, so this gives an idea of the high wattage needed to populate the boundary of the service at a reasonable level. Maybe high flying aircraft or satellites would be the answer, giving a uniform (low) field strength at ground level. I have seen civilian installations where military microwave links crossing the system have induced high enough currents in cables to cause relay circuits to energise! Lifting the cable cured the problem. This was on Portland Pill, for the health conscious holiday makers out there! As for evidence of harm, smoking was once very good for you. Now even passive smoking is frowned upon.