Brian, Very cool answer. Feel a bit smarter now :)
-bn On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bao. > > The cellular equipment you found is an example of a major RF transmitting > facility under the jurisdiction of the FCC. > Typical facilities include radio and television broadcast stations, > satellite-earth stations, experimental radio stations and certain cellular, > PCS and paging facilities. > > The warning sign you found helps define a keep-out area near the transmit > antennas such that unknowing persons are protected. > > These facilities are required to undergo routine evaluation for RF > compliance whenever an application is submitted to the FCC for construction > or modification of a transmitting facility or renewal of a license. > Failure to comply with the FCC's RF exposure guidelines could lead to the > preparation of a formal Environmental Assessment, possible Environmental > Impact Statement and eventual rejection of an application. > Technical guidelines for evaluating compliance with the FCC RF safety > requirements can be found in the FCC's OET Bulletin 65. > > In short, the keep-out areas provide a safe buffer away from strong > transmitters. > The cell transmissions from different nearby basestations are not really > additive. They transmit in different bands, or on different channels within > those bands. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > > Brian C. Gallagher > RF Hardware Engineer > Vehicle WLAN Development > > DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC. > North America Research Laboratory-California Office > Tel (760) 597-7431 > [email protected] > > > > Bao Nguyen <[email protected]> > > > Bao Nguyen <[email protected]> > Sent by: [email protected] > > 08/20/2009 01:41 PM > > Please respond to > "SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List" <[email protected]> > > To > "SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List" <[email protected]> > cc > > Subject > Re: [SCFN] Cell phones and RF/microwave radiation are identically > carcinogenic and genotoxic > I understand RF has always been here since the root of life and I > don't see any problem with them. But here's the question I have. I've > been to places where there's a cell equipment nearby, the ladder > leading up to it have a FCC warning, something to the fact "high-power > RF electromagnetic." Anyone care to explain what are these for and > what happen when adding enough of them in a city block, would that > change the "small exposure" to larger and how can one quantify the RF > exposure level? > > thanks, > -bn > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Matt Fanady<[email protected]> wrote: >> RF radiation is a "non-ionizing" form of radiation and does not cause >> cellular damage in small exposures. It is no more dangerous than visible >> light. You of course realize that visible light is the same thing as RF, >> just at a higher frequency right? Please take your flame-bait elsewhere. >> >> -M@ >> >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Robert Broska <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Because gamma waves and RF/microwave radiation are identically >>> carcinogenic and genotoxic to the cellular roots of life, the safe dose >>> of >>> either kind of radiation is zero. No study has proven that any level of >>> exposure from cell-damaging radiation is safe for humans. Dr. Carlo >>> confirms >>> that cell damage is not dose dependant because any exposure level, no >>> matter >>> how small, can trigger damage response by cell mechanisms.8 >>> >>> >>> >>> This is quoted from the extensively footnoted site: >>> >>> http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7025 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List >>> To unsubscribe, please visit: >>> http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List >> To unsubscribe, please visit: >> http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List > To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org > > _______________________________________________ > SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List > To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org > _______________________________________________ SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List To unsubscribe, please visit: http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org
