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| News | TETRA - Transmitting from Fratton Park | |
| Earlier news | A member has asked us to raise the subject of a TETRA transmitter which has been installed on one of the lighting towers at the Fratton Park football ground, home of Portsmouth FC. We understand that the transmitter is currently there on a temporary basis, however it could become permanent from May. Airwave mmo2 has a £3bn contract to install and operate the Tetra system over the next 19 years for use by the MOD, Health Authorities and the Police. There will be 3000 transmitters across the country by the end of this year. According to an article published in Country Life (27 March 2003), the frequency of the handsets pulse is 17.6 HZ, dangerously close to the frequency that causes changes in the brain. Tetra can interfere with defibrillators and the handsets can emit sparks when they are used at a fire. A test case against Airwave brought by the residents of Stroud failed in the High Court. The alternative system Tetrapol - has long been used on the continent. |