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Why opposition to TETRA?

 

  • Coverage requirements - everywhere including densely populated urban areas and remote rural areas

  • Perceived health issues

  • Planning process

 

 


Notes:

Comprehensive coverage requirements mean masts needed in densely populated urban areas and suburban areas as well as rural areas

Visual amenity issues, concerns about protection of areas of natural beauty, concerns about impact on property prices

Ambiguous planning guidelines on whether health, or concern about health, can be a legitimate factor in the planning decision-making process

No special planning treatment for TETRA

Health concerns about handsets similar to those for mobile phones in general, with added concern due to "17Hz" pulsing of handsets, following Stewart Inquiry recommendation that amplitude modulation near 16Hz should be avoided in future developments of signal coding

Still public debate about whether transmitters pulse, despite statements that they do not by industry and expert bodies

 

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