August 30, 2009: In a copyrighted story in The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California), reporter Jeff Horseman discusses how cell phone sites are are being hidden within clock towers, camouflaged mono-trees, and church steeples. This is a very informative and balanced article.
Jonathan is quoted throughout the story, titled “Cell phone towers sneaking in to Inland neighborhoods in disguise.”
After you’ve read the story, take a look at various camouflaged cell site designs in the our Wireless Site Gallery.
(Story link posted here with the kind permission of the P-E’s editor.)
An empirical ‘study’ conducted at MIT in 2005 sheds light on the effectiveness of aluminum foil to shied the brain from external radio frequency radiation sources. It’s a must read if you have some time to kill.
Planning Commission of the City of Oceanside, California. The lecture covers fundamentals of cell tower siting in a non-technical manner. I also use dozens of high-resolution photographs to illustrate the technology. No, I don’t shy away from dealing with the question of RF safety, and how local governments can review the issue within the boundaries established by Congress and the Federal Communications Commission.
