Assessment of short/long term electric field strength measurements for a pilot district

The level of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) exposure increases day by day as natural consequences of technological developments. In recent years, the increasing use of cellular systems has made it necessary to measure and evaluate EMR originating from base stations. In this study, broadband and band selective electric field strength (E) measurements were taken at four different times in order to evaluate the change of short term E in Atakum district of Samsun, Turkey. The measurements were collected from 46 different locations using PMM 8053 and SRM 3006 EMR meter in band from 100 kHz to 3 GHz, and the maximum E (E
_max
) and the average E (E
_avg
) were recorded. The highest values have been noticed in these measurement 9.45 V/m and 17.53 V/m for E
_avg
and E
_max
respectively. Apart from these measurements, 24 hour long term E measurements were taken at a location where the highest value was observed and analyzed to observe the change of Es during a day. At the end of the study an empirical model that helps calculating the total E of medium with 95% was proposed.