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I did a search on doppler in here and didn't come up with much.

Does anyone know how dangerous it is? How close can I safely get to the big ball?

One guy said he went up by it and woke up the next day with headaches and some scabs behind his ears. Could it have anything to do with the doppler?

Thanks for any info.

I liked your other avatar better, Well I heard if you get to close to those things you'll go sterile. In your case my friend that'll do you some good. be safe brother, sorry I missed ya.
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I would say contact the locals. Sounds like you have though since that sounds like my last experience out there. If you guys want to go out just give a holler. There is plenty of other stuff out that way. Its not worth trying to jump that one.

I don't know about the specific antenna, but in general doppler radar is bad for you. The danger area's listed on our aircraft when testing the system are huge.

It will definately do you no good.

But you'll be able to predict the weather on you're own with enough exposure

I worked with C-band Doppler radar in college a bit. Inside the dome you would see much of what looks like a old satelite televisons dish that people used to have. It is on a post about 15 feet tall and pointed in a 30 degree angle(towards the sky) If you were to stand in front of the magnetron you would receive 50kw of radation. Don't hang out in these areas. If climbing a tower next to one just climb don't hand out. I help a fellow basejumper once and in the dark was standing in front of a dish and the next day couldn't stop sweating and was sick to my stomach.


Effects at this level (no mind you would have a hard time or just dumb luck to get directly in the path of the dish)changes in cell membrane function, major changes in calcium metabolism and cellular signal communication, cell proliferation, activation of proto-oncogenes, activation of HSP heat shock proteins as if heating has occurred when it has not and cell death. Resulting effects reported in the scientific literature include DNA breaks and chromosome aberrations, increased free radical production, cell stress and premature aging, changes in brain function including memory loss, learning impairment, headaches and fatigue, sleep disorders, neurodegenerative conditions, reduction in melatonin secretion and cancer. The virtual revolution in science taking place now is based on a growing recognition that non-thermal or low intensity RF exposure can be detected in living tissues and results in well-defined bioeffects.

There is a pretty spooky sign now at this tower in particular. It says something to the effect of "notice to workers. Reguardless if your maintinece was scheduled or not before starting any work on this tower contact ______ at this number ________. You need to do this to double check that the Doppler is not operating. IF you come into contact with this tower while the doppler is running it may cause internal damage and possible radiation burns on your skin."

I chanced it the one time. We used to jump this tower quite a bit and I hated seeing it just sit there. I will have to be pretty hard up to go and jump it again.

OHSA probably got involved.

PM me where it is and I will look up the wavelength and angle of the radar