Safety aspects related to the installation of mobile telephone antennas on HV towers

Author

Poulin, Jacques

Author_Institution

Bell Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

163

Lastpage

164

Abstract

A few years ago, some cellular and personal communication services (PCS) companies began to install antennas on high voltage towers and asked the telecommunication company to provide wire-line service to their electronic equipment located at the base of these towers. Because high voltage towers may be subject to very high ground potential rise (GPR) during a fault, it is necessary to properly protect the telecommunication network from power system fault surges for the safety of customers and employees

Keywords

antennas; cellular radio; earthing; installation; poles and towers; power overhead lines; power system faults; safety; telecommunication power supplies; HV towers; cellular communication services; ground potential rise; mobile telephone antennas; personal communication services; power system fault surges; safety aspects; telecommunication network; Electronic equipment; Ground penetrating radar; Personal communication networks; Poles and towers; Power system faults; Power system protection; Safety; Surges; Telephony; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance Proceedings. 2000 IEEE ESMO - 2000 IEEE 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6625-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDCLLM.2000.882815

Filename

882815