Telecom. Mast - Trees obstructing signal

[Mortimer Firewood]

Is it not the guys on the tower that are with in 3m of the dish that are in danger and have micro alarms to warn them. Speaking to one of the mast guysof one of the big firms he thinks his rupture in his intestine was down to the micro waves cooking it.

[treequip]

Its a microwave transmitter, I don't know how bad it can be, its not like you see microwaved birds dropping out of the sky around the masts but if they see fit to put a warning there.......

[bolthole]

These links might be helpful...

 

Electromagnetic radiation and health - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Microwave burn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

With radiating antennae (like VHF Radio) there's only really a problem if you get very close to the antennae, but it can be a bit different with microwave or satellite transmit dishes which are effectively a beam. Even the lower power ones aren't great for you.

 

If you've ever done any rigging, you'll doubtless be aware of the dangers.

 

Ordinary satellite dishes (like sky dishes) are recieve only and present no hazzard at all. Unless they fall on you.

[Ruskins Trees]

I think the case law on this relates to the canary wharf tower, when it went up some people in Tower Hamlets in its transmisson shadow, could not get some tv channels.

 

It went all the way to the top of the court system and the case was rejected. You have no rights to a TV /Radio signal (and by association mobile signals?)

[peatff]

Its a microwave transmitter, I don't know how bad it can be, its not like you see microwaved birds dropping out of the sky around the masts but if they see fit to put a warning there.......

 

Pigeons round here can't read anyway There was a mast near my friend's unit and an electrician who came to do some work on it had a meter that read the signal power. We were being bathed in 4 watts at a distance of about 1/2 mile.

[elliott EGD]

Hi I have only had experience carrying out radio work for the network as the customer not the land owner. But on a fair few occasions we have had engineers monitoring signal leves or checking line of sight to cause minamal impact. Normaly the boss is invited to survey and identify work from mast or such

[Alex - Ground Control Ltd]

It can have pretty unpleasant effects.

 

We have to do a lot of maintenance works for MF broadcasting poles for a couple of clients, and have to arrange site access well in advance to ensure the transmissions are turned off so they don't fry our PDAs/Tablets/Operatives!

[Chaincatcher]

Thanks Mark,

I suspected that money could change hands given that there are no powers to force tree owners to allow pruning. I just get the feeling that the companies involved don't see why they should compensate an LA. There may be a good income opportunity for someone with strategically placed hybrid poplars.....

C