Microwave Antennae Exposure?

Tonkadad

We are GC's bidding on a metal awning removal on a 7 story building and at one of the corners there is a microwave antennae point angling towards where we have to work to remove the awning. Should we be worried?

Someone said that exposure to the microwaves is extremely dangerous, which makes sense but trying to get a handle on the best way to deal with it.

Any idea's?

thanks

GSE

If you notice a tail growing, I would be concerned.

Yes microwave installations can have dangers, don't ask the cell company for information, because they will tell you growing a tail is normal, they will read from their puplic intrest spript, the earth is flat story, have the area checked, by the city, or state health department.

RenaissanceR

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Tonkadad

We had a scaffold erecting co. come give us a bid on some scaffolding and he said (based on his experience) that the max. each worker can be exposed is a cumulative of 7 (seven) minutes total for the whole job!

The antanae is literally 5 feet away from the work area.

Anybody know where I can get some lead underwear?

Double-A

Have you contacted your local OSHA office about this? I would think they would have the latest data or at least the pass/fail requirements for any testing for safe exposure.

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neolitic

Is it a transmitter or a receiver?
Maybe you could get some useful
information from the outfit that it
belongs to.
Surely they aren't up for frying
innocent bystanders.
I think I'd start by walking inside
the building that it's attached to
and asking some questions.

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neolitic

Alternately, you could put a Snickers
bar in one pocket, and a pack of
Orville Redenbacher in the other.
If one melts or the other pops....
quitting time!

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mdshunk

It has been my experience that you get shocks from working near high RF energy antennas. I don't know about microwave antennas. I suspect very much that these may just be receivers.

A W Smith

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/radiofreque...ion/index.html

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Tonkadad

Thanks for all of the ideas and links.

My next question is buttered or unbuttered?

MALCO.New.York

The odds are that it IS a receiver and therefore poses NO threat to your Gonads nor your Cerebral and Spinal fluids. But....Check and be sure.

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SupraEngineer

^Why do you assume that? In almost every case, a tranceiver is attached to that antenna. Under no terms would I accept that job unless I had the opportunity to cut the coax first!