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- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Path: sparky!uunet!omen!caf
- From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
- Subject: Re: Re: Cellular telephones and brain tumors
- Organization: Omen Technology INC, Portland Rain Forest
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 12:36:29 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.123629.461@omen.UUCP>
- References: <1993Jan7.192801.6520@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1993Jan8.184423.24814@tella <4126@hpwala.wal.hp.com>
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- In article <4126@hpwala.wal.hp.com> joes@hpwarbz.wal.hp.com writes:
- >Also, has anyone ever noticed the large number of people that live directly
- >under TV transmitter towers? I'm told the field is so strong that one can
- >cause a fluourecent bulb to glow slightly just by holding it. These
- >transmitters emit roughly 100KW.....I haven't heard of any anomalies among
- >people under them......
-
- TV and FM transmitting antennas are designed to concentrate
- their power towards the horizon for maximum range. RF levels at
- the base of TV and FM transmitter towers tend to be somewhat lower.
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