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Matt MØPUH

So ofcom is updating spectrum licenses to require that all stations comply with EMF exposure regulations because people are afraid of 5G and "electro-sensitivity" (TIL).

Here's my favourite bit of the latest consultation:

> Some, mainly confidential, respondents raised fears that 5G and other technologies could be used for surveillance and crowd control purposes.

At least the requirements will be fairly easy to comply with!

ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf

@m0puh I'm not in the UK so not affected by this, but I am curious. What is the effect on the average op who is using wire antennas in a postage stamp garden? Surely they will be too close to other people?

@ei8gvb there's a prototype calculator here: rsgb.org/main/technical/emc/em

I just picked 40m and half-wave dipole and it gave me an "ofcom-distance" of 2.2m, so that sounds doable. (Assuming I'm not skim reading wrong!)