Modeling and Calculation of Power Density from Telecommunication Base Station Erected at Federal University Gusau in Sabon Gida, Bungudu Local Government Area Zamfara State, Nigeria

Abstract

The rampant proliferation of telecommunication mast in our societies pose fear of radiation and increase the level of noise above the prescribed residential noise. Calculation of power density around ZM811B base station to a distance of 100m radius in step of 5m were made and a hypothetical human model was also used to further illustrate the effect of radiation at the so call safe radiation level adopted by African countries. The calculated power density from the distance of 5m to 50m away from the mast (ZM811B) in step of 5m were found to be within the range of 0.0000004507  to 0.00000004507  and from 50m to 100m in step of 10m were found to be within the range of 0.0000004507  to 0.000000001122 .  From the model, human body was found to be kept in a microwave oven for s per day. Nobody will put himself and his family in an open microwave oven for nineteen minutes in a day. The argument remains that the adaptation of the body to external threat and the radiation is spread over whole day. So, the simple question here to ask is would you like to put yourself in an open microwave oven for just five minutes per day, for some years? All the calculated power density were found below the safe radiation level, thus trivial.  However, the model show that even at the radiation safe level one is not safe.