Our North - SSE Policy Update Megathread

[Colin Parkinson]

Departments often don't do themselves favours. A cell tower was proposed near my place, public notices put out as required. I was curious what the signal strength and side lobes, etc would be. So I requested plans from the Department of communications (GCPE now) and specifically mentioned diagrams on antenna output. they sent me an email with dead links. Then I responded all their links were dead, then they sent me an email with the general arrangement drawing, then I had to email me them that I wanted antenna output. They responded they didn't have that information. I looked up the responder and got his number. Whereupon I called him much to his dismay and tore a strip off him for being completely unprofessional and making Fed PS look bad. I asked how can they review a cell tower without the complete plans and information. He could not answer that.
I was doing this out of curiosity, but someone told to believe cell signals are going to harm you, is going to believe this is government coverup, rather than just lazy effing useless turds.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Departments often don't do themselves favours. A cell tower was proposed near my place, public notices put out as required. I was curious what the signal strength and side lobes, etc would be. So I requested plans from the Department of communications (GCPE now) and specifically mentioned diagrams on antenna output. they sent me an email with dead links. Then I responded all their links were dead, then they sent me an email with the general arrangement drawing, then I had to email me them that I wanted antenna output. They responded they didn't have that information. I looked up the responder and got his number. Whereupon I called him much to his dismay and tore a strip off him for being completely unprofessional and making Fed PS look bad. I asked how can they review a cell tower without the complete plans and information. He could not answer that.
I was doing this out of curiosity, but someone told to believe cell signals are going to harm you, is going to believe this is government coverup, rather than just lazy effing useless turds.

On behalf of all of us....