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New FCC RF Safety News Page Established

There is an increasing amount of news from the FCC lately concerning RF radiation safety.  RF Safety Solutions has established a separate page for just FCC news.  Industry news not specifically related to the FCC will continue to be located on this news page.  FCC RF Safety News.

Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Tower Case

January 20, 2005.  The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in a case that has the potential to significantly impact how difficult it is for wireless operators to gain approval for new tower sites.  In this case a lower court has ruled that the city of Rancho Palos Verdes, California wrongly denied a ham-radio operator a permit to erect a tower for his antenna in his backyard.  The ham-operator has appealed to the Supreme Court to recover attorneys' fees and damages in excess of $15 million, which is more than the city's annual operating budget.

If the Supreme Court was to rule that the plaintiff could recover attorneys' fees and damages, it would undoubtedly cause other cities to hesitate about apposing new towers in order to appease their citizens.

Lookout Mountain Controversy Continues with New Health Report

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued a report that there is no conclusive evidence linking adverse health effects on Lookout Mountain residents with the broadcast antenna farm located there.  This is just the latest development concerning the antenna farm on Lookout Mountain, which serves the Denver market.

The controversy over the construction of a new shared television tower  has raged for several years. The new common DTV antenna tower is to be shared by the members of the Lake Cedar Grove consortium, which includes four local TV stations.  The group's plan was approved last year, but a citizens' group won a court order staying the approval pending more information on possible health effects.  In September 2004, shortly after the Department of Public Health and Environment issued its findings,
Commissioners in Jefferson County, CO, approved the tower and a 20,000-square-foot equipment building that will occupy slightly more than eight acres of an 81-acre site.

After two additional hearings on the issue, which was ordered reopened by a court ruling handed down in March, commissioners again voted 3-0 to approve a plan to replace three large existing towers and a number of smaller ones with a single 730-foot main tower on the mountain overlooking Golden, Colorado.
 

Aslan and Strickland Receive R & D 100 Award

October 16, 2002, Chicago, Illinois.  Edward Aslan and Richard Strickland were honored at the 40th annual R & D 100 Awards ceremony for their work that resulted in the Nardalert XT RF personal monitor.  The annual awards ceremony honors the world’s 100 most significant scientific products. 

These awards are often referred to as the "Nobels of Applied Research". 

Read more about the R & D 100 Awards.

 

Web Changes

FCC News Page Added

RF Safety Solutions has established a separate page for just FCC news. The page covers both the latest and some historically important news relating to the FCC and RF radiation safety.  Links to the entire document and to related information related information are included.  RF Safety Solutions LLC offers commentary on some of these FCC notices.  FCC News

Workplace Safety Section Added

We have just begun what is anticipated to be a major new section on the RF Safety Solutions Web site.  Workplace Safety will focus on RF safety in the workplace.  Each industry and organization has its own unique RF safety issues.

LIVE, Web-Based Training Introduced

RF Safety Solutions now offers several courses that are open to the public via the internet.  These are live, interactive courses.  Click on the logo to go directly to the Internet training page.

New sign products added

RF Safety Solutions now offers several more RF safety signs.  They include:

bulletSpanish language signs
bulletSigns per Health Canada's Safety Code 6
bulletTower Registration sign kit

RF Safety Solutions News

RFR Fads and Fallacies will be published in the NAB Proceedings for 2006.  The paper will be presented at NAB in April, 2006.  The paper was co-authored with Jim Hatfield and Steve Lockwood of Hatfield and Dawson Consulting Engineers.  Go to Articles.
The Meter Is Not Enough was published in the February/March 2006 issue of AGL magazine. Go to Articles.
Richard Strickland taught a six-hour course on RF Safety for Chapter 15 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) in New York City on January 21, 2006.
RF Safety 101 was published in Radio Guide magazine in December, 2005.  Go to Articles.
RF Safety Signs was published in AGL magazine (Above Ground Level) in November, 2005.  Go to Articles.
Richard Strickland taught a short course on RF Safety Awareness for Chapter 22 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) at the regional convention in September, 2005.
  Richard Strickland taught a short course on RF Safety Awareness for Chapter 22 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) at the regional convention in September, 2004.
  Richard Strickland taught a short course on RF Safety Awareness for the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) at their annual convention in Nashville in February, 2004.

 

Richard Strickland filed comments to the FCC concerning Spatial Averaging in response to the FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in December 2003.
  Richard Strickland filed comments to the FCC concerning Measurement Uncertainty in response to the FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in December 2003.
  Richard Strickland taught a course on RF Hazard Protection Equipment for the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE).  The short course was conducted on February 25, 2003 during NATE's annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee.  More than 100 people attended the course.
  RF Safety Compliance published in Radio Resource's MissionCritical, June 2003.  Go to Articles.

 

The paper titled RF Hazard Protective Equipment was presented by Richard Strickland on April 9, 2003 at NAB (National Association of Broadcasters).  The paper was also published in the NAB Proceedings.  Go to Articles.

 

The paper titled The Cost of Ensuring RF Safety was presented on March 14, 2003 by Richard Strickland at IWCE (International Wireless Conference and Exposition).

 

RF Protective Equipment published in Tower Times, February 2003.  Go to Articles.

 

Understand RF Radiation Hazards published in Radio World, November 20, 2002.  Go to Articles.

 

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