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Re:Cellphone-Cancer Link Found in Government Study by maxerickson on Friday May 27, 2016 @08:54AM (#11785660)
The exposure from towers and base stations will be tiny compared to the exposure from devices. Inverse square law and all that.
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Re:Cellphone-Cancer Link Found in Government Study by Gnarl on Saturday May 28, 2016 @09:46AM (#11791635)
With regard to cell-towers: the inverse-square law will underestimate your radiation exposure from a cell-tower, because they are directional and the inv.sq.law relates only to to perfectly isotropic radiators. In other words: you need to factor the cell-tower antenna gain (typically between 7-10dB) into your calculation.
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Re:Cellphone-Cancer Link Found in Government Study by agumonkey on Friday May 27, 2016 @09:43AM (#11785949)
That was my assumption too but I never tested it.
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