Wireless Links Wireless communication systems are ubiquitous throughout the UK and many other countries. Typical uses include mobile phone networks, whereby individual masts are connected to the wider network via [...]

Developments worldwide can receive objections from numerous sources, including Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). Often such objections are related to radar interference, however issues can also be raised due to [...]

By S.C.Watson (Mike’s brother) Ever since mankind dragged their collective backsides out of the primordial soup and gazed up at the sky, the dream of someday flying through the air [...]

Background Pager Power has started analysing a database of the world’s airports with a database of the world’s wind farms to help understand how wind farms and radar co-exist in [...]

Background Wind turbines and large buildings can have an adverse impact on radar systems. This article examines the some of the more common mitigation solutions for reducing or eliminating these [...]

The need for lighting Tall structures can present a risk for aircraft. This includes building developments, and collision risk is one of the many aviation considerations that developers need to [...]

Television and radio services Television and radio services are broadcast in various ways. Among them are wireless broadcasts from terrestrial transmitters and satellites in geostationary orbit. Building developments can interfere [...]

Navigation aids at airports Airports utilise a wide range of technology to improve the navigation and general safety of aircraft. Some systems, such as radar, are fairly well known to [...]

Developing near airports It is very common for building developments to be proposed in the vicinity of airports. This is not least because large cities always need more space for [...]

Developing buildings Building developments face a myriad of hurdles between their inception and their construction. Issues that are difficult to resolve, or those that come up unexpectedly, can cost time, [...]