Safety Measures to be Taken Care of for Access to Antennas

Walkways:

·         Only trained personnel with proper certification shall access the antennas. Recommendation is accessing the antennas from rear where applicable.

 Exclusion Zones:

·         The minimum exclusion zones have to be in accordance with valued international regulations, or where not applicable, according to local standards. Personnel should not work on, or remain within exclusion zones. However passing and climbing through them should not present any hazard.

·         If the rooftop is to used by the owner for any purpose, or if the rooftop has public access, an exclusion zone must be clearly marked. Further, if within a public zone, the site must also be physically secured form unauthorized personnel.

·         A warning sign board should be placed on every roof top pole sites below the antennas, with written Caution!  “Please do not stand in front of antennas”. The size of sign board will be 3ft X 2ft which will contain both local and English text, back ground will be yellow whereas texts will be red,  aluminum or G.I sheet (both are non ferrous), thickness of sheet will be 3mm.

·         Radiation and exclusion zones related to microwave antennas should be according to local standards.

Note: ESM/Radiation exposure risk evaluation is to be done on a project specific basis where the output and frequency is known, in accordance with local regulations.