Evaluating Safety: Living Near GSM Transmitters (LTE 1800, UMTS 900) - 500m vs 1km Distances

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Hello. I have the opportunity to buy a building plot (small town) within 500 m from the gsm transmitter (lte 1800, umts 900) and almost 1 km from the other (gsm 900, UMTS 2100, lte 800, gsm 1800, lte 2600 - names taken from the mapabts website at exactly these transmitters). My question, is such...

matek451 · Answer

I live 300-500 meters from two base stations, one is Networks and the other is Play with Plus hanging on it and I don't see any problems because of that, except that thanks to this I have the perfect range of all operators, which is a big plus.

buka93 · Answer

I understand, and you have not wondered / did not know whether such a distance may have a negative impact on health?

matek451 · Answer

And do you use a mobile phone? You have it by your ear. Have you not wondered how it affects your health?

buka93 · Answer

Sure, I use it, but I have contact with it several times during the day, if I don't have to, I don't use it. And you spend most of the day at home, hence my question.

matek451 · Answer

And where are you on the phone? It logs into base stations all the time when it is turned on. Do you use WiFi at home? The electromagnetic field is an indispensable part of our lives. The fear of it is unjustified, there are no unambiguous studies that would confirm the harmful effects of EMF in the 800-2600MHz range on our health.

IC_Current · Answer

I sometimes go west of the Oder. Do you know where operators often install transmitters? On school buildings. Yes, you read the SCHOOLS right. Do you know why? I also asked - because these buildings often have a good location in the middle of housing estates (cities) or are slightly higher than the houses in the area (villages). In addition, the school gains a steady income, and the operator does not have to put up the mast and occupy the area. What is most interesting, these masts have been standing there for many years and the radiation standards are several times higher, and so far somehow nothing happened to the children. It is unthinkable for us. Imagine the same with us - what a rush would be, probably TVN and TVP would have something to cry over for a year.
Although I personally think that the best are transmitters (or femtocells) placed on the roofs of buildings (blocks, businesses, churches) and cleverly disguised. Nobody sees such a transmitter (and often does not even know about it) and when they do not see it, they do not feel any "ailments".

Anonymous · Answer

The impact is for sure, it remains a matter of field strength, frequency and exposure time. The higher the frequency, the more serious the matter. If you could rest next to a working radar, you would not have to go to the hairdresser and take care of your offspring anymore. But these are extreme stories.

We saturate the space with more and more frequencies, so it's probably a matter of time when it will bounce back. But neither our generation nor the next generation takes time. Although who will say, or if someone has a headache, it is from EM or crap food, or maybe from general nerves ...

And there is no research, and maybe there is, but we are talking about such a cash register that companies and rulers will stand on their heads to prove to everyone that the problem does not exist. And during the communist regime it was so that when you worked in certain institutions, and not with the spinning radar antennas, you had to have compulsory tests EEG ... that is, as if some problems were reckoned with ... but it was during the communist regime ...

I am not some special believer in conspiracy theories, but money rules and nothing can be done about it ...

There was once a topic about shielding a cottage, just standing in the immediate vicinity of the mast. People wanted to buy special meshes or plaster shielding mats, probably produced in Germany. They're doing it there, so maybe there's something to it.

But what about the nets, as the owner can bask in the signals from several multi-antenna APs on 5GHz in a moment, because from one of the coverage is too little - and this throughout the stay at home. And if it was a block, it would be from all the neighbors around.

And so easy - asbestos was once considered a brilliant material ... until ...

m.jastrzebski · Answer

You seem to have asked the wrong question. Even 50m from the transmitter, the EM radiation standards will not be exceeded. So what to say about 500m. What would you like to compare the measurements made 500m from the transmitter? To the standards in force in the country? Because if you don't believe the standards are safe then the question should be what radial EM levels are safe. Only then do we enter the muddy ground of conspiracy theories, and this is not a forum.

topik100 · Answer

Gentlemen,

I'll dig up the topic a bit. What would you say for an apartment, including small children, in a block 25-30m from BTS, more or less at its height. It is true that the antenna is not aimed centrally at the apartment, but its azimuth barely deviates from the edge of the building at a distance of just about 30m. I enclose a photo of the station.

I would like to add that a few years ago the standard was exceeded (VIEP survey) and the operator "after the correction of the installation parameters, sent the results of the measurements carried out to VIEP". Only now the standards have changed. I do not know each other and I am curious about your opinion whether this is a cause for concern.

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Anonymous · Answer

Well, they are close.
But the photo shows only the housings, and nothing can be seen from them. You would need to know the specific types of antennas and their setup to make guesswork.

If in doubt, these are just measurements.

topik100 wrote:
What would you say about an apartment, including with young children,

On the other hand, as the saying goes - do you have wifi in this apartment, especially 5GHz?

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