[AMRadio] Cell Towers

[Max Cotton]

In the UK the cellphone companies get around the local councils by quoting power in dBW so it does not appear to be so high, I only found this out when I had to apply for planning for an antenna and said max power would be 400W, they threw a fit and said that is over ten times the cellphone tower output, well it was until I pointed out the dBW trick! We have the 'tree' towers too especially in rural areas, they all have big green boxes underneath them.73, Max M0GHQ

> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
> From: rbethman at comcast.net
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:45:38 -0400
> Subject: [AMRadio] Cell Towers
> 
> Guess some folks don't notice this breed of cell tower.
> 
> Personally, the dang things stick out like a big sore thumb!
> 
> There are some in this urban area, and I instantly spot them from a half 
> mile away!
> 
> Someone needs to send them to a course on camouflage!  Then perhaps they 
> wouldn't be such an eyesore!
> 
> Regards, Bob - N0DGN
> 
> 
> On 8/31/2015 2:36 PM, manualman at juno.com wrote:
> > Around my urban area, many of the cell towers are disguised as tall
> > trees. From any distance, unless you're standing almost next to them, you
> > can't tell the difference.
> >
> > Pete, wa2cwa
> 
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