ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

Maximum level of RF EME from this base station

The maximum level of RF EME from this base station (full power) determined from measurements at locations around this site was 0.265% of the ARPANSA Standard limit for public exposure.

Highest level of RF EME actually measured

The highest level of RF EME from all nearby base stations actually measured at a location near this site was 0.082% of the ARPANSA Standard limit for public exposure.

Base station address: This site consisted of three separate base stations in close proximity, located at the addresses listed in the table below. These measurements were taken on Wednesday 15 December 2010.

Base station address (click to see in Google Maps)	RFNSA site number	Environmental EME Reports
		Date	maximum EME level
23 Southern Rd	3081011	29/11/2010	0.45%
27 Southern Rd	3081005	27/03/2006	0.48%
33-35 Southern Rd	3081002	29/08/2003	0.056%

The Environmental EME Reports for the three sites list the maximum EME level as a percentage of the ARPANSA Standard limit for public exposure as shown in the table above.

Details of this installation are available by visiting the  Mobile Carriers Forum (MCF) - Radio Frequency National Site Archive website. Login as a guest and search for the site numbers listed in the table above.

Detailed Results: RF EME from this base station

This table lists the range of RF EME values from the services present at this site measured at the location with the highest average value. An explanation of this table is here.

Operator/Service	Location	Low Power [mW/m2]	Full Power [mW/m2]	Limit [mW/m2]	Percentage of Limit[%]
3GIS UMTS	1	0.121 - 0.423	1.745 - 6.113	10000	0.017 - 0.061
Optus UMTS	2	0.117 - 1.064	1.277 - 11.667	10000	0.030 - 0.275
Telstra WCDMA	1	0.425 - 0.746	4.253 - 7.460	4250	0.043 - 0.075
Vodafone UMTS	1	0.447 - 0.818	4.473 - 8.179	10000	0.045 - 0.082
Combined	1	1.251 - 2.172	13.543 - 23.778		0.152 - 0.265

This table lists the range of RF EME values for each of the mobile phone downlink bands measured at location 1. An explanation of this table is here.

Frequency Band	Services	Measured [mW/m2]	Limit [mW/m2]	Percentage of Limit[%]
870 - 890 MHz	WCDMA850	0.270 - 0.841	4250	0.006 - 0.020
935 - 960 MHz	GSM900	< 0.001	4500	< 0.001
1805 - 1880 MHz	GSM1800	< 0.001	9000	< 0.001
2110 - 2170 MHz	UMTS2100	3.126 - 6.831	10000	0.031 - 0.068
Combined		3.774 - 7.420		0.042 - 0.082

 

Measurement locations - Click to enlarge

 

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