Thierry wrote:

Hi,

I received this message from a colleague but I cannot answer him. I d
not know these systems.
Could you help me ?

My company has installed a Radar Tower for Port survaillence. The tower
is about 50 meter height on top of the of a 3 stories building roof and
my office building just below the tower on the same level, 20 meter away
from the tower. At the same time, the surrounding is my working area (
Jetty Terminal for ships loading and unloading activities ). I can say
that I'll be around that area 12 hours a day for another 20 years.

My question:

Is it safe to work in that area????

Thanks in advance
Thierry
http://www.astrosurf.org/lombry

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I have spent most of my working life around various RADARs starting in my
late teens at the Royal Radar Research Establishment; which was flooded with
RF from numerous operating systems on a large variety of frequencies -
throughout much of the establishment a neon bulb would often light just from
the RF environment.

The last 25years or so before retirement were in a building with numerous
installations, including a long range L band ATC primary and secondary
installation which provided some entertainment in idle hours as I computed
the radiation pattern - with a surprising degree of accuracy - from the
noise emanating from my office radio as the beam swept by.

Across the hall was a lunchroom with a large health and safety warning sign
on the door that a microwave oven was in the room. Looking out the window
one was staring down the throat of an operating marine RADAR less than 30
feet away!!

To the best of my knowledge no one who worked there has developed any
strange illness that even rumour has related to the RADARs. I retired 10
years ago and have no significant illness.

Oh yes, and my kids seem to be relatively normal. (Maybe because I wore
aluminum underwear?)

Dave