Help! Electric Transmission lines vs. Cellular towers

Close by my home the state is planning to build a new 345-kilovolt
double-circuit transmission line of the type that sports giant 180-ft
steel towers. As currently planned the new transmission line will run
to within 100 yards of the 150-ft cellular tower currently being used
by my cell phone provider. I suspect that other providers and services
use this same tower as well, since it is hung with all sorts of wires
and antennas.

My question is this: Will the new electric transmission line have a
deleterious effect upon services provided by the cellular tower? Must
the tower be relocated?---or the planned route of the transmission line
changed?

I'd sure appreciate answers to these questions. Equally helpful would
be links to sites where answers might be obtained.

Clint

Clint,
There is no worry. The high frequency signal of the cellular
transmitters will pass through the new towers as if they weren't
there. In some cases, the carriers actually use these large
electrical transmission towers for their antennas, the two are
quite compatible. You might get a new carrier serving the area
from one the towers.

Bill Radio
Click for Wireless Reviews at:
http://www.mountainwireless.com

<ClintonAberthny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Close by my home the state is planning to build a new 345-kilovolt
> double-circuit transmission line of the type that sports giant 180-ft
> steel towers. As currently planned the new transmission line will run
> to within 100 yards of the 150-ft cellular tower currently being used
> by my cell phone provider. I suspect that other providers and services
> use this same tower as well, since it is hung with all sorts of wires
> and antennas.
>
> My question is this: Will the new electric transmission line have a
> deleterious effect upon services provided by the cellular tower? Must
> the tower be relocated?---or the planned route of the transmission line
> changed?
>
> I'd sure appreciate answers to these questions. Equally helpful would
> be links to sites where answers might be obtained.
>
> Clint
>