Acta Mechanica Slovaca 2023, 27(3):62-68 | DOI: 10.21496/ams.2023.027

Research into the methodology for measuring electromagnetic fields generated by base transceiver stations

Elena Lukac Jurgovska1, Ervin Lumnitzer ORCID...1, Miriam Andrejiova ORCID...2
1 Technical University of Ko¹ice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Business Management and Environmental Engineering, Park Komenskeho 5, Ko¹ice
2 Technical University of Ko¹ice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Letná 9, Ko¹ice

The electric field strength is a legally defined, directly measurable quantity for the evaluation, assessment, and objectivity of electromagnetic fields in the environment. This contribution is devoted to the analysis of the temporal dependency of changes in the intensity of electric fields generated by base stations of mobile operators. It focuses mainly on the time interval, the location of the measuring point, and the selected day during the week in which the electric field effort measurement was performed. Measurements were made at the selected industrial site and at the designated measurement sites. Measurements were made on selective days of the week and on selective hours from 8 AM to 8 PM. The contribution shall analyse in detail the specific days and times of measurement using the ANOVA and Scheffe's method. The lowest values measured were recorded over the weekend and in the evening. The evaluation of the measured data was aimed at demonstrating the reasonableness of the choice of measurement time to the values of the measured values. Dependencies are found for the selected function of the selected locality-industrial zone.

Keywords: Electric field; Base station; Intensity; Cumulative values

Received: June 14, 2023; Revised: June 14, 2023; Accepted: July 7, 2023; Published: September 18, 2023  Show citation

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Lukac Jurgovska, E., Lumnitzer, E., & Andrejiova, M. (2023). Research into the methodology for measuring electromagnetic fields generated by base transceiver stations. Acta Mechanica Slovaca, 27(3), 62-68. doi: 10.21496/ams.2023.027
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