I live in a place with poor quality handphone signal.One day my signal provider decided to put one of those “Handphone transceiver pole” at the back of my house that generate it’s own electricity with a two massive diesel generator.I feel very satisfied since there isn’t any crackling heard from my HP anymore and i can hear my freind talk clearly when they call,i don’t mind the noisy generator even though it bother’s me when im sleeping,the only thing that worries me about if they emit radiaton.So my question is,does this reciever emit strong radiation because it’s only a couple of yard from my house and im scared it will cause health problems to me.
Relax. There are no conclusive studies linking EM radiation exposure to any health risks. Chances are you get exposed to far more EM just talking on the phone itself, since the antenna is right near your head (remember the inverse square law).
The answer to this question depends on what you mean by “radiation”. Strictly speaking, the phone tower would not work if it did not emit radiation, since radio waves are a type of radiation. But what you’re really wondering if it’s emitting dangerous radiation. Here we can draw the line approximately in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. Ultraviolet and the more energetic forms of light (x-rays and gamma rays) can cause cancer, mutations, etc, and are usually considered dangerous in any dosage (although lower dosages are, of course, less dangerous, and might have other benefits if used properly). So, for instance, getting an X-ray slightly increases your risk of cancer, but is considered worthwhile for helping to diagnose other problems, and UV is also risky, but usually considered worth it for the attractive tan.
However, light with longer wavelengths than ultraviolet (visible light, infrared, microwaves, and radio waves) cannot cause this sort of damage. The only known way that any of these can cause damage to living things, no matter how intense they are, is by heating them. So if the phone tower doesn’t make you feel hot, it’s not hurting you.
As an analogy, it’s like asking whether you’d prefer to have a ton of ping-pong balls dropped on your head, or a single bowling ball. You have a much higher “intensity” of ping-pong balls (much more total weight), but the bowling ball is going to do a lot more damage. Each individual photon of a radio wave has very little energy, much like each individual ping-pong ball is very light. No amount of ping-pong balls or radio waves will kill you. But the photons of UV light or shorter wavelengths each carry a significant wallop, like the bowling balls, so even a single photon of UV, X-rays, or gamma rays can (in principle) cause a lot of damage.