Comments on: My thoughts on BBC Click's mobile mast debate http://chriswoods.co.uk/2009/07/my-thoughts-on-bbc-clicks-mobile-mast-debate/ Now in Mode 16! Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:12:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher http://chriswoods.co.uk/2009/07/my-thoughts-on-bbc-clicks-mobile-mast-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Christopher Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:23:58 +0000 http://chriswoods.co.uk/?p=18#comment-774 I think the problem with many is they're stuck in the mentality of TV masts -- one humongous eyesore on the hill 20 miles away and that's pretty much it. The day I come up with a system for an inverse harmonic return path with some kind of as-yet-undeveloped transmitter, I'll share the patent spoils with all the commenters ;-) I think the problem with many is they're stuck in the mentality of TV masts -- one humongous eyesore on the hill 20 miles away and that's pretty much it. The day I come up with a system for an inverse harmonic return path with some kind of as-yet-undeveloped transmitter, I'll share the patent spoils with all the commenters ;-)

]]> By: Derek http://chriswoods.co.uk/2009/07/my-thoughts-on-bbc-clicks-mobile-mast-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Derek Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:53:09 +0000 http://chriswoods.co.uk/?p=18#comment-773 Chris & commenters: Thank you for posting a little island of sanity out there in the www! Every time I hear someone complaining about a mast, they *always* include that old chestnut "it's a radiation risk". And 9 times out of 10, a brief laymans' explanation of the inverse square law will result in one or more of the following reactions: blank looks / ridicule / refusal to believe what I'm saying (i.e. I'm wrong) / accusations that I work for the mobile phone company. Sometimes it seems the people with the loudest voices that are paid the most attention are too often the ones with the least knowledge... :-( Chris & commenters:

Thank you for posting a little island of sanity out there in the www! Every time I hear someone complaining about a mast, they *always* include that old chestnut "it's a radiation risk". And 9 times out of 10, a brief laymans' explanation of the inverse square law will result in one or more of the following reactions: blank looks / ridicule / refusal to believe what I'm saying (i.e. I'm wrong) / accusations that I work for the mobile phone company. Sometimes it seems the people with the loudest voices that are paid the most attention are too often the ones with the least knowledge... :-(

]]> By: Andrew Stringer http://chriswoods.co.uk/2009/07/my-thoughts-on-bbc-clicks-mobile-mast-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-630 Andrew Stringer Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:31:54 +0000 http://chriswoods.co.uk/?p=18#comment-630 Hi, the hard point to get accross to the public is that the fewer mobile phone base stations we have, the higher power they have to operate at to achieve their coverage. If we are concerned about transmitter power, we should have LOTS of base stations, so they are literally radiating microwatts of power each, covering several 100's of m radius. This would work the other way round as well, handsets would only have to radiate micowatts too. Given the brain proximity, this is more important. Of course this is more expensive and just try getting an application through planning for a base station on every 5th lamppost, the public hysteria from people who know nothing about RF would block it. I too am a Radio Amateur. Hi, the hard point to get accross to the public is that the fewer mobile phone base stations we have, the higher power they have to operate at to achieve their coverage.
If we are concerned about transmitter power, we should have LOTS of base stations, so they are literally radiating microwatts of power each, covering several 100's of m radius.
This would work the other way round as well, handsets would only have to radiate micowatts too. Given the brain proximity, this is more important.

Of course this is more expensive and just try getting an application through planning for a base station on every 5th lamppost, the public hysteria from people who know nothing about RF would block it.

I too am a Radio Amateur.

]]> By: Roger http://chriswoods.co.uk/2009/07/my-thoughts-on-bbc-clicks-mobile-mast-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Roger Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:04:24 +0000 http://chriswoods.co.uk/?p=18#comment-247 Hi Chris. Having just found an entry on my log with your web site address I have just read your article. We sem to be making very similar points. I'm glad you managed to fix the problem of too many yellow highlights which prohibited me reading it before. As a radio amateur I am concerned about public fears of radio aerials and R.F. transmissions. Mine of course are very intermittant compared to commercial ones. I used to work as a radio paging service engineer and was made aware of any antispated possible health riscs as a guide to where not to install an aerial. I was only dealing with 5 Watts at about 452 Mhz and lower frequencies. One concern was R.F. power to the eye ball because of the lack of blood flow to carry away heat. Does my web address appear on your log? If not, how can I cause it too? Regards Roger. Hi Chris. Having just found an entry on my log with your web site address I have just read your article. We sem to be making very similar points. I'm glad you managed to fix the problem of too many yellow highlights which prohibited me reading it before. As a radio amateur I am concerned about public fears of radio aerials and R.F. transmissions. Mine of course are very intermittant compared to commercial ones. I used to work as a radio paging service engineer and was made aware of any antispated possible health riscs as a guide to where not to install an aerial. I was only dealing with 5 Watts at about 452 Mhz and lower frequencies. One concern was R.F. power to the eye ball because of the lack of blood flow to carry away heat. Does my web address appear on your log? If not, how can I cause it too? Regards Roger.

]]> By: Christopher http://chriswoods.co.uk/2009/07/my-thoughts-on-bbc-clicks-mobile-mast-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Christopher Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:13:07 +0000 http://chriswoods.co.uk/?p=18#comment-32 Hi Roger, The yellow highlights are from a WP plugin which highlights search terms. Obviously with just one or two terms that don't appear often it works ok, but they nudge the whole page design way out when there's a popular keyword (something I only really noticed myself recently). Until you mentioned (and I did some quick testing) I never really thought that you could get loads of a page covered with a smattering of yellow! So, I'm either going to modify the plugin for better inline keyword highlighting (with the various colours, as Google does for their cached pages) or just scrap the whole addon altogether. Any opinions? Hi Roger,

The yellow highlights are from a WP plugin which highlights search terms. Obviously with just one or two terms that don't appear often it works ok, but they nudge the whole page design way out when there's a popular keyword (something I only really noticed myself recently).

Until you mentioned (and I did some quick testing) I never really thought that you could get loads of a page covered with a smattering of yellow! So, I'm either going to modify the plugin for better inline keyword highlighting (with the various colours, as Google does for their cached pages) or just scrap the whole addon altogether. Any opinions?

]]> By: Roger http://chriswoods.co.uk/2009/07/my-thoughts-on-bbc-clicks-mobile-mast-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Roger Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:06:43 +0000 http://chriswoods.co.uk/?p=18#comment-31 A good argument but why is your page covered in yellow high lights? see http://g3nqf.co.uk/tetra-and-mobile-phone-mast-witch-hunt A good argument but why is your page covered in yellow high lights?
see http://g3nqf.co.uk/tetra-and-mobile-phone-mast-witch-hunt

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