The antenna field is in the final approach and takeoff flightpath for SFO airport's runways 28L/R (and 10L/R), and so the site has special markings to warn pilots of a collision hazard. In addition to the usual tower lights and red/white paint, 3-dimensional "HAZ" warnings were installed around the field. These are easily visible in areal photos; see, e.g., https://earth.google.com/web/@37.5471204,-122.23429544,0.73120256a,577.14725587d,35y,0.01179999h,0t,0r/data=CgRCAggBQgIIAEoNCP___________wEQAA
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Matt Blaze
In response to this postNote, important safety tip: you can get closer to this tower without clearly trespassing or jumping fences than most other 50KW broadcast antennas I've encountered. I measured a field strength of over 80V/m a bit outside the tower fence, which is an incredibly strong signal (though still within OSHA limits at the frequency involved).
Resist any temptation to jump the fence and climb the (energized) tower. You'd be electrocuted as soon as you touch it.
@mattblaze there may be a literal pair of smoking boots as the only remaining evidence.
by greem ;
@mattblaze Interesting I'm going to do some field tests for interference for a wildlife monitoring radio system & I'm wondering what you used to measure this
by Michael Helm ;
@mattblaze
Ever since I saw this video by @geerlingguy, I realized that respect for towers could be life-saving.
https://youtu.be/GgDxXDV4_hc
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