TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of elevation on cumulative radiofrequency exposure from multiple communication towers
AU - Osei, Samuel
AU - Quarshie, Emmanuel
AU - Azah, Collins Kafui
AU - Fuseini, Abdul Razak
AU - Dogbey, Richard
AU - Deatanyah, Philip
AU - Hagan, Godfred Bright
AU - Modupeh Hodasi, Joanna Aba
AU - Sam, Frederick
AU - Amoako, Joseph Kwabena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2025/6/1
Y1 - 2025/6/1
N2 - A densely populated place like a public university needs good internet and communication connectivity for effective academic work. As such, University campuses in Ghana are inundated with communication antennas. This study investigated how radiofrequency (RF) power density levels are affected by the elevations of different floors of high-rise buildings of a public university. A spectrum analyser coupled to a log-periodic antenna was used. The RF power density decreased from the ground floor to the third floor and only increased to maximum levels on the fourth floor. The variation across different floors indicates the influence of elevation on the measured EMF levels. The 900 MHz band produced the highest power density of 1.16E-03 W/m2 on the last (fourth) floor, suggesting that communication applications in the 900 MHz band are the most used by the university community.
AB - A densely populated place like a public university needs good internet and communication connectivity for effective academic work. As such, University campuses in Ghana are inundated with communication antennas. This study investigated how radiofrequency (RF) power density levels are affected by the elevations of different floors of high-rise buildings of a public university. A spectrum analyser coupled to a log-periodic antenna was used. The RF power density decreased from the ground floor to the third floor and only increased to maximum levels on the fourth floor. The variation across different floors indicates the influence of elevation on the measured EMF levels. The 900 MHz band produced the highest power density of 1.16E-03 W/m2 on the last (fourth) floor, suggesting that communication applications in the 900 MHz band are the most used by the university community.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105011482916
U2 - 10.1093/rpd/ncaf068
DO - 10.1093/rpd/ncaf068
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105011482916
SN - 0144-8420
VL - 201
SP - 701
EP - 708
JO - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
JF - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
IS - 10
ER -
