Mobile Phone Masts

jonleeds · Post by **jonleeds** » Wed 29 Oct, 2008 2:12 pm

Hi!I live on the top floor of a high rise block and a few years ago the mobile phone companies started using our block as a 'ready built phone mast' to mount their antennae on. It seems the council is profitting from this practice as I have noticed mobile phone masts on quite a few tower blocks and council owned structures. There are about 15 different masts serving various companies now on my roof, gawd knows what damage its doing to my health! Anyway I wanted to know if anybody knows what goes on with these masts, in particular there is a cabin on the roof which contains equipment relating to the masts and mobile phone networks. I believe it is called a base station cabin or something. I'd like to know what the cabin looks like inside as after trawling the internet I have only been able to find pictures of the cabins exteriors and not the interior. The cabins can range from cabinet size to several square metres in size and I understand the majority of the cabins are occupied by switching equipment but I would be interested to know what it all looks like as I have one of these things less than 10 yards from my head yet dont know what is inside. Any advice / pics are gratefull received and acknowledged!Johnny

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 29 Oct, 2008 3:40 pm

A couple of bits to get you going on this -Firstly, the Mobile Companies used to have a Right to use any appropriate building for their antenea subject to suitable remuneration - it's likely the Council can't refuse them.Secondly, directly inderneath is a very good place to be. The equipment radiates over a set pattern to users, outwards and downwards. If you imagine the station sitting on top point of a cone, that area underneath is in a 'shadow' where the radiated signals can't reach - just a b8888r if you want to use their network - probably have to go outside!