5G mobile networks Radiant future or dangerous radiation - what do we have to expect? E-Book

Maik Lindner

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• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

5G - praised and celebrated by politicians and industry, disputed by scientists and experts, and stubbornly fought by opponents: there is a fierce dispute about mobile communication even before 5G is introduced. Who is right and who should we believe? The search for answers leads the author to the beginnings of mobile communication and to its modern, seductive applications, but also to the underestimated, ignored or simply "overlooked" dangers for humans, animals and the environment, from which an entire ethnic group is already on the run: the electromagnetically hypersensitive. But 5G brings even more profound changes: Microchips, robotics, the departure into space, artificial intelligence, digitization and the Internet of Things, global surveillance, and finally the end of privacy as we know it. While the public debate continues, the author searches for solutions, discovers possible alternatives, and fathoms where these developments might lead us. Ultimately, he realizes that mobile communication could even become superfluous in the near future, as renowned scientists are already talking about an imminent global awakening of humanity.

Leseprobe

Maik Lindner

5G mobile networks

Radiant future or dangerous radiation -

what do we have to expect?

Including a foreword by D. Sc. Florian M. König

Table of Contents

Titlepage

Imprint

Note from the author

Dedication

Foreword by D. Sc. Florian M. König

Foreword by Maik Lindner - Why this book?

Chapter 1: The history of mobile communication - A general introduction

Tesla's comeback

The first mobile radio systems

Continuous power increases and frequency increases

Development steps for our own sake?

Chapter 2: 3G, 4G and 5G - What's new?

What does the 5G rollout look like?

How many transmission towers or stations are required by 5G?

Increased power requirements for 5G networks

A field test on the population

What about the costs of 5G?

Clear cutting of trees for 5G?

Thousands of satellites for 5G

The issue about limit values

The core of the public discussion

The billions of profits in the mobile phone industry

Chapter 3: Does mobile radio make you sick?

Who is right?

Thermal and non-thermal effects

Official limits still allegedly tolerable today

Health effects of mobile radio

Mobile phone study lists

Mobile radio and cancer

Microwaves - benefits and effects

Will the future be better?

Why are mobile radio claims uninsurable?

The negative impact of mobile communication and screen media on children and young people

Some personal thoughts

Chapter 4: Electromagnetic hypersensitivity - People on the run from technology and mobile communication

My life in the wilderness

Electromagnetically hypersensitive people

The attempt of a definition

What does electromagnetic hypersensitivity mean?

The Freiburg Appeal

My personal conclusion

Sweden as an exceptional country for electromagnetically hypersensitive people?

Chapter 5: Bee, forest and species extinction and other side effects of mobile communication and 5G

Insect extinction due to industrial agriculture

Problems and "solutions" of the industry

Insect mortality in nature conservation areas

The influence of mobile radio on insect mortality

What can we do to protect bees and insects?

Trees and high frequency

Microwaves and the still little researched consequences for climate change

Water molecules and microwaves

What should we do now with this information?

Chapter 6: Microwave Technology and the Military - From HAARP systems over weather control to mind control: Everything seems possible

Is it all science fiction or not?

Civilization types and their possibilities

Weather manipulation and geo-engineering

Weather manipulation - reality or science fiction?

Chemtrails

Geo-engineering

Tectonic weapon systems

Weather control for humanitarian purpose

Military weather control

EMP weapon systems

Conspiracy theories or real capabilities?

Influencing people by microwave technology

Ultrasonic cannons at the police

Sex buzzes on the radio

Experimenting on the population

National and international efforts to protect the public from microwave weapons

The Earth Charter - Organization for the protection of the earth

The International Committee on Offensive Microwave Weapons (ICOMW)

Chapter 7: Mobile communication from space: The galactic plans for mobile communications

The departure into space

Moon and Mars as the next big target

Lunar bases and cities from 2025 to 2030?

Russia's lunar base project

ESA's futuristic plans for a lunar city

China lands on the far side of the moon

Mobile communication from space

Robots - undisputable for mankind's galactic plans

Spacecraft with microwave propulsion

Solar energy exploitation and microwaves

Chapter 8: 5G & Artificial Intelligence - How they will change us, our lives and society

Levels of consciousness from the perspective of science

What differentiates being human from artificial intelligence?

The human quest to "improve" life

Development leaps

Artificial intelligence and unlimited possibilities for still limited humans

Weak and strong artificial intelligence

The reward system and AI

Limits of AI

Further critical viewpoints

Isolation in a digitally networked world?

Better and more efficient AI technology and more prosperity for all?

Conclusion

Chapter 9: Transhumanism and biometric chips: Will humans still be human?

Humans in the smart grid

Cash abolishment

The biometric microchips are coming

The technology trend continues

The high goals of the AI developers

Critical views on AI and chip technology

Will the chip come for all people?

Could fun turn into seriousness one day?

Concluding remarks on AI

Chapter 10: 5G, the new dimension of global surveillance and the fundamental right to free, individual self-expression and the integrity of human dignity

Knowledge is power, and data means knowledge and power

How far do we want to go?

Technology - the new god

Data, the new oil

How much freedom does man still have?

Dropping out - a new fad?

The political right to make laws ineffective through new laws

The human paradox

The demon of acceleration

Historically, politics can also be humble

Chapter 11: 5G, one-sided transparency and privacy: when a few people know everything about everyone and many no longer know anything about a few

The dark side of digitization and data collection

The positions of the EU Parliament and the German Bundestag on data protection

Chapter 12: Alternative research and developments on 5G - We don't have to live in a cave!

The search for alternatives

Protection options against mobile communication, smart networks and 5G

Bio-compatible 5G - exchange with an inventor

Shielding in practice

Conclusion

Chapter 13: The global awakening of mankind: Could mobile communication soon become obsolete?

Evolutionary leaps

The discovery of life in space

Teleportation

Change of consciousness by space travel

The spiritual awakening of science

The imminent awakening of mankind

The sun and its influence on genetic changes

Hyper-communication - the basis of nature

The human brain - an underestimated supercomputer

Controversy and discussion about the 100% activated brain

Nature wastes nothing

The future of mankind

Chapter 14: Summary and the current situation 2020

Health aspects

Thermal and non-thermal research results

Distorted public perception

Growing number of electromagnetically hypersensitive people?

The ignored issue of military use

The current situation in 2020

Vision

Chapter 15: Concluding remarks and a final advice: believe in nothing and nobody, but do your own research!

Negative criticism - a social phenomenon?

When all just live on their "island of values"

Our belief becomes law

Could the biggest event in human history of AI 5G networks also be the last?

Why am I talking about this here?

Further readings and links (as of February 2021)

Literature

DVD documentaries

Websites with studies and information on effects of concern

Mobile communications discussion in Italy

Associations and organizations offering protection, help and info on 5G and mobile radio (information without guarantee)

Electric smog / 5G neutralization by multi-chamber waveguide pipe systems and info on sferics

About the author

More titles

Acknowledgements

List of references (data without guarantee)

Imprint

Copyright © 2020 Maik Lindner

Publication date:

2nd revised German edition: December 2020

English edition: August 2022

Maik Lindner

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Proofreading English edition: Karsten Diekmann

Cover design & layout: Daniela Rohr / www.skriptur-design.de

Picture credits:

Portrait: Private archive Maik Lindner

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Bibliographic information of the German National Library:

The German National Library lists this publication in the German National Bibliography. Detailed information at www.dnb.de.

Notice:

This book has been carefully prepared and researched. All information, statements, citations, opinions, scientific or other views and references given in the book - including their sources - are made without guarantee. The author assumes no responsibility and liability for any discomfort that may result from the references and statements made in the book, their use, or the reader's interaction with and reactions to the contents of this book. The book is intended solely to inform, inspire and share knowledge and choices. And, of course, like all other of the author's works, it shall inspire deeper reflection.

Note from the author

Some terms used in this book are not always scientifically correct, such as electric smog. Following this example, fog formation is implied, which is not correct. Electricity or technical devices do not produce fog, but electric or electromagnetic fields. In scientific discussions the choice of the correct term is always very important in order to assure absolute accuracy. I apologize for slight incorrections in this regard, because as an author it is also important for me to use language that is easily understandable.

Awarded the ASPA Innovation Prize at the iENA-Nuremberg 11/2021

Dedication

Dedicated to all of you,

who think, strive, laugh, cry,

become or not become,

dream, wake up, love, hate,

judge, research, believe, doubt,

seek, accept, rebel, live,

…

and will still live in the future.

Foreword by D. Sc. Florian M. König

On July 16, 2020, I received an e-mail from Maik Lindner headed "Alternative mobile radio?" It contained a lot of questions and information requests how to organize one’s life as radiation-free as possible today. I answered willingly, because for me it was about a good thing. In principle, it’s not necessary to demonize everything about the wireless communication. However, since decades I would have preferred that the mobile radio business had first proved scientifically the biological innocuousness of its radiation before introducing such a new technology. Well, we all know that many innovations for everyday life in our "smart modern age" are rather money-driven and that health has no priority for many managers. Countless examples can be given, e.g. those highly toxic liquid pods for children, which are so practical for washing clothes - advertising makes it possible. One may also refer to the so-called diesel scandal, then the glyphosate issue and in earlier times the matters around polio, smoking, etc.

Let's go back to July 2020: From that summer on, there was a very friendly and open exchange, as if we had known each other for a long time. Maik Lindner was aware that my basic approach of all radiation considerations finds its rather scientific origin in the presence of natural alternating fields. All terrestrial creatures have evolutionarily adapted to the radiation conditions of our beautiful planet over millions of years. And suddenly, not much than 100 years ago, the human being created a large variety of new, not yet established (modulated) radiation forms which are absolutely unknown to our body, animals or also plants! This profound thought sequence alone justifies questions on potential consequences.

Certainly, my often philosophically triggered thoughts go back to the open discussions on TV in the 1970s, where scientists like Bernhard Grzimek lectured about animals at prime time. Additionally, the TV-known Nobel Prize winner Konrad Lorenz or Hoimar von Ditfurth stigmatized mankind as trigger for all environmental problems. Furthermore, in the 1980s/1990s, the topic of technical radiation was presented rather ambivalently. And nowadays "E-smog" is often enough blemished as a matter of faith rather than knowledge.

This is exactly the point where I would like to emphasize that I appreciate the commitment of non-scientists like Maik Lindner. He acts as an "expert" and translator for ordinary consumers. He illuminates the confusing jungle around electric smog closely, thus providing comprehensibility. Why is this necessary? Well, in the meantime I know several books about 5G from Italy, USA, Germany, etc. So, one could think, there is nothing really new about this book. However, this book has an own methodology. In my opinion, this book should appeal to each open-minded person, because facts and a kind of holistic approach have been combined by the author, simultaneously offering many links to the sources of his self-research.

Furthermore, I support Maik Lindner in full solidarity, because I as well have approached these topics step by step. Curiosity and my minor suffering from electromagnetic hypersensitivity and weather sensitivity led me to causal research on the impact of electromagnetic fields. For this purpose, I finished an electrical engineering / communications engineering study in 1988 and worked 20 years full-time on the field of head-related space sound acoustics. Simultaneously, I managed to finalize my doctoral thesis which among other things dealt with comparative investigations of artificial and natural alternating fields in the earth atmosphere (USA, 2004).

In this regard, I recognized scientifically, that many things have been already known for a long time. During NASA workshops in the 1970s findings on microwave radiation were reported (see Schwan, H., P. (1974), Session C (NASA), Effects of Microwave Radiation at the Cellular and Molecular Level) which nowadays quietly and secretly leak into the public. This is as amazing as the Russian literature research “1960-1996", which contains many critical 5G statements and was conducted by very old and still active Karl Hecht. My almost 92-year-old mother used to say: "First, things come differently, secondly, than one thinks." This may perhaps be true for all parties involved, not only for us as consumers, but also for industry and politics who cooperate in the decision-making processes. With regard to this book, I would like to refer to a highly explosive chapter on bee extinction (see “Bee, forest and species extinction and other side effects of mobile communication and 5G”) which became public in Germany in 2019 within the framework of a referendum initiated by the political party ÖDP. According to several mainstream media, the topic itself was, after all, "completely unknown before". Considering a book from the 1980s, published by my father as a university lecturer, in which a contribution of Ulrich Warnke already scientifically highlighted the impact of artificial field emissions on the orientation of bees, these statements are strange enough. What are now the true reasons why bee extinction in China forces authorities to execute the pollination of blossoming trees by humans as substitutes? Is bee death in China caused by 5G?

And again nature and technology: In my over 37 years of experience with electric smog problems I see the categories of electromagnetic hypersensitivity and weather sensitivity as twins. You may ask how I reached this conclusion. Remember again the creatures on earth, which got used to the electromagnetic climate of our blue planet over millions of years. This means that human radiation sensitivity is something quite normal. Please think of weather sensitive people, who complain about all kinds of discomfort either indoor or outdoor many days before weather changes. Air pressure variations, changes in air humidity or temperature fluctuations cannot be the sole reasons, because in winter we live predominantly in stably air-conditioned rooms, but such people are almost identically annoyed inside as well as outside by migraine or scar pain. More information can be derived from www.wetterfuehligkeit.eu.

In short: If one approaches the topic of electromagnetic stress medically or biometeorologically, it does not matter whether we expose ourselves to the self-generated mess of (periodic) waves/radiation or the natural forms of radiation (see Sferics / Atmospherics). Both are electromagnetic smog, and we react noticeably or unconsciously. And that is exactly why the conclusion of this book is truly exciting by highlighting new technologies, such as AI or certain "unlimited" visions of the future. In any case, my final thought is dedicated to "bio 9G", in my eyes a worthwhile alternative. The idea is to pick up natural radiation types and realize bio-compliant, broadband signal modulation forms. This is actually an old hat, because it has already been presented to a large enterprise in October 2001 for commercial use, but according to my knowledge still remains unused as public domain.

Finally, I wish you much pleasure and inspiring insights by "broadband reading" this book, which will surely have some eye-openers in store for you.

Bad Wörishofen, November 2020

Florian M. König

Foreword by Maik Lindner - Why this book?

Since the publication of the first edition, many things have happened requiring a first revision of this work: Press articles, blog posts, interviews, feedback, praise, criticism, inspiring contacts, …

Thus, it is already foreseeable that this revised work will probably reach a certain level of recognition. I am often asked how I (as a layperson) came to write a book on the current mobile communications standard 5G. My often-repeated answer is that I can think of several reasons at the same time:

1. Many people are still not aware of the drastic changes that 5G will bring, and to which extent the world, society, democracy, lifestyle, meaning of life, but also simple everyday life - and everything we still know and love today - will be affected. There is a fundamental lack of information about how our future will look like - considered from all different angles.

2. At the same time, there is great confusion and fear about 5G. Many people are very concerned about the accompanying effects and about the high power levels - which are handled quite naively here (even from the point of view of various critical 5G experts). They consider the 5G rollout as a field test on the world's population, while even politicians as strong supporters of the 5G network rollout admit that there has never been such a powerful network in practice and we therefore simply cannot make any statements about the long-term consequences yet. So - cynically speaking - one could say that 5G technology follows the banana principle: The product reaches maturity (in its entire effect) at the customer, the earth citizen!

But that is still not the full picture!

3. With the introduction of 5G and artificial intelligence, we are unleashing such powerful energies that Nobel Prize winners and AI developers are already expressing their fears today. For example, in the field of weapon technology, the development of fully autonomous weapon systems appears possible.

4. On the other hand, discussion on the health effects of "normal" mobile communications has already been highly controversial for a long time, contributing to a great deal of confusion and a maze of contradictory information and research results, both positive and negative, even among serious researchers.

One of the decisive moments for me - as a previous observer - to write this book was a column by a professor in the “Handelsblatt” newspaper. He pointed out that even highly studied people like him are now somewhat confused about the effect of mobile communications, because not only “a few conspiracists which cannot be taken seriously", but also true experts were critical about mobile communications or the 5G networks with their enormously stronger power values and frequencies. The crucial question - whether mobile communications and 5G are actually harmful or not - would not be so easy to answer, even for him.

At the same time, politicians and advocates just look positively into a "radiant future. According to them, the release of 5G would “only” be based on previously used power levels (from which the electromagnetically sensitive already flee today) and frequencies would only be increased later (up to 10 or 100 times?). Of course, it would be necessary to conduct further research - after the introduction. Though - according to my state of knowledge as a non-expert - there are already now numerous precarious studies since this man-made, artificial technology has been introduced.

In this regard I had some crucial experiences that drove me to pass on my knowledge which I had collected on the subject for many years.

I want to emphasize again that I consider myself only as a comprehensively informed layperson. I am approaching this highly controversial topic as a thinker with just some background knowledge. Saying this, I want to point out, that the basis of this book is not speculation, but scientific findings that have been made long time ago. I will illustrate this by numerous citations representing different angles of the controversial discussion. In this work, I am dedicated to compare statements with counter statements and to oppose different viewpoints and research results. It is my utmost concern to contribute to bring some "light into the darkness" of contradictory information and completely opposing scientific statements. I have received some feedback that I have yet succeeded a little bit in trying to disentangle the confusing snarl of studies and counter studies. But I urge you to make up your own mind by reading this work, hopefully from the beginning to the end.

It took me a couple of months of intensive search to collect numerous sources and a lot of material created in a period of several decades. During the working process on the book I soon realized that I had to take up a whole complex of different subjects in order to create a full picture on the mobile radio topic: Historical origins, effects and side effects, potentials and possibilities, views, research, advocates, opponents, but also developments and future items that we might not think of yet.

All of this ultimately found its way into the book that you now hold in your hands. Some say that I have drawn an entire picture, while others complain that I have not elaborated some items further, that I have used strange formulations or that I have not included some issues which would have been important supplements. In order to assure comprehensiveness, but also to provide an understandable text for the non-informed layperson and the pre-educated connoisseur (like myself), I had to keep it as simple as possible, not too technical, and to stick to some physical limits. I could not illustrate everything for reasons of space, elsewise I would have created a thousand-page work, which I did not want and for which I ask for understanding.

For those who want to dive deeper into single topics, I have included many references, links and further literature or contact information in the print and eBook editions. Thus, the reader is not left alone with the work. Please, use these contacts and inform yourself. It will be worthwhile!

This work should also act as an invitation to look into some interesting thoughts beyond 5G. Personally, I would like to see this book as an important piece in a bigger puzzle which hopefully builds a bridge of understanding to already existing works, but can also be used as a small basic work to enter the contradictory discussion in public. Maybe I will succeed in bringing opposing parties together and encouraging them to get closer to each other instead of insisting on one's own views and research results. Please make up your mind whether this technology era, which is hailed by industry and politics, has deserved to be pushed forward.

I am fully aware that this subject is a real hot-button issue. Already in the writing process I experienced both sides of the coin. One scientist, a PhD, was in favor of this work and appreciated the simple writing style, another one declined to be named as a text editor in this work (which I respect, of course), because the subject of this book is treated with "a certain distance" in some circles.

Personally, I felt a certain passion in the present work. I just intended to write this book with an open mind, an unbiased heart and a philosophical touch. The goal was to investigate what we could expect before we implement something worldwide that is discussed highly controversial in advance.

Regardless of where you belong - critics or supporter - I am pleased that you, as a reader, have decided to purchase this book and to take a more intensive look at mobile communications. It is highly appreciated that you want to understand more on microwave and radio technology and their effects on people, nature, and environment. I will do my best to familiarize you with the topic-specific reading and to consider different perspectives, in order to create a picture as entire as possible for you. In fact, I hope that after reading you will see lots of things much more clearly.

Finally, I would like you to take a few steps further, and not just stop at the purely technical effects and possibilities.

I dare to say that you may learn interesting and new lessons in this book which you may never have heard of before. And I thank you for your courage, your openness, and your willingness to take a serious look at the whole story. Ultimately, we have to keep in mind, that we are responsible for everything that we create for ourselves and our future.

Sincerely,

Maik Lindner

Chapter 1: The history of mobile communication - A general introduction

"There are now 7.3 billion mobile phone connections in the world. This means that, at least mathematically, every person has a cell phone. This is the result of the "Mobility Report" by Ericsson. In particular, the number of smartphones is rising rapidly. Because many users use multiple devices with mobile connections, other than smartphones also tablets and notebooks, the number of actual mobile phone users is lower. The study estimates that nearly five billion people use mobile communications."1

I wonder whether David Eward Hughes, when demonstrating the phenomenon of electromagnetic waves at the Academy of Sciences in 1879, could have foreseen that one day the entire world will be equipped or, metaphorically speaking, flooded with, smartphones and cell phones. Or what about the physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, who reproduced Hughes Maxwell's theory a few years later? Would he have believed that one day a great worldwide discussion will arise about the health effects of these technical waves?

What do you think Guglielmo Marconi felt when he developed the first telegraphic Morse code system in 1897, which penetrated quickly into shipping and military? Or how do you think Robert von Lieben felt when he invented the first electron tube with amplifier effect in 1910, which enabled the first car telephone without spark formation in 1935? At that time, it was still so large that it occupied the entire trunk as a transmitting and receiving station, but at least it represented a promise for more mobility in telephony.

All these early inventions were nothing compared with the handy, super-light and very powerful smartphones or cell phones available today, which make communication and social life by far easier, indeed to a certain extent much more pleasant, comfortable and secure.

We owe all these researchers a lot of conveniences, but also inconveniences. They were geniuses who sat down and researched. They stimulated the world by their research results paved the way for further innovations making the world the place it is today and/or will be tomorrow.

Tesla's comeback

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

(Source: www.depositphotos.com)

When we talk about high-frequency technology and scientific creativity, we must mention Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). Strangely enough, in the annals of electronics and high-frequency technology development, he is very often mysteriously missing, has been banished, neglected or simply omitted. This is very surprising. When Marconi was still experimenting with Morse devices and Robert von Lieben was still puzzling over his electron tubes, Tesla was already realizing options for storing unlimited amounts of energy and harnessing them from the space surrounding us in the gigahertz range.

It was as early as 1900, when he filed a patent on a device for wireless energy transmission (Patent No. 645,576), which was based on energy transfer from higher layers of the atmosphere (the ionosphere). Tesla was more than 100 years ahead of his time when he filed a patent for transatlantic power transmission in late 1914. His energy transmission tower at Wardencliff was 57 meters high with a mushroom-shaped dome of 21 meters in diameter. It was almost completed, achieved some noticeable public awareness, but was never finished due to cost considerations. At that time, it was supposed to radiate a total power of about 7.5 megawatts and transmit navigation and image signals in real time.

„The system was intended to broadcast programs for the general public as well as to serve private messaging. Tesla was the first one to encourage the supply of news and entertainment to the public by radio. Until then, experiments have been conducted only with directed signal transmission. The fully developed system was intended to serve as a wireless multiple frequency transmission system and to provide all telephone, telegraph, and teletyping services around the world. Multiplex techniques were supposed to ensure internal security and lack of interference for private messaging."2

Though Nikola Tesla is still quite unknown as a genius who acted far ahead of his time, his Wardencliff tower may soon experience a comeback. Russian brothers Leonid and Sergey Plekanov have spent more than five years studying Tesla's patents and are eager to replicate the energy tower as a part of their ambitious "Global Energy Transmission" project. Their opinion is that "Tesla was right, and we're going to prove it." 3

Klaus Turtur, professor at the Technical University of Munich, has also brought Tesla's idea of free energy to the attention of the public. He would like to build a space energy converter – in the dimensions of a washing machine - for 10 million euros, which would harvest energy from space for everyone, in the same way Tesla supposedly did more than 100 years ago. However, the implementation exceeds his teacher salary by far. Without profit interests Turtur puts these and various other ideas into the internet for free disposal and gives lectures which show that power generation can be realized much cheaper than claimed by industrial suppliers.4

After Tesla's death in 1943, many of his patents and ideas disappeared in the mists of time or in other dark channels and later recurred only in fragments. The military probably continued to work on his ideas in secret, which we will explore in more depth in chapter 6 of this book.

Scientists of different countries recognized the fantastic opportunities of so far unknown rays, waves, fields and energy systems, all of them invisible to the human eye. Besides X-rays or radio waves, which Tesla had also foreseen long before their use, without patenting and exploiting them, these are mainly airwaves and microwaves.

Since microwave technology is used not only for telephoning in billions of cell phones and millions of cell towers, but also in household microwave ovens, in large powerful HAARP antenna systems, in thousands of satellites orbiting the earth, and is even intended for future rocket drives to the stars, we have to investigate the subject more comprehensively.

In the age of information and digitization, microwaves are perfectly suited for many areas when it comes to explore the infinite expanses of outer space. Consequently, it is not surprising that Russia, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom or various other countries have already investigated microwaves for military or private use before, during and after World War 2. They came across frighteningly harmful effects and other "fantastic possibilities" to be applied in war.

Today's cell phones or GPS satellite systems, which we use for phone calls or car navigation, are all based on these military driven developments. Therefore, it can be certainly assumed that the military has much more far-reaching possibilities and "toys" today than we can imagine in our wildest dreams. This might go far beyond our consumer smartphone applications. But as a next step, let's first briefly reflect on how it all began with mobile communications.

The first mobile radio systems

The information portal www.elektronik-kompendium.de says about the history and introduction of the first mobile radio system in Germany:

“The first mobile radio networks were analog mobile radio systems which had their origin in the American mobile radio standard Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS). It was part of the first generation (1G) of mobile communications networks. It had received some technological enhancements by the introduction of N-AMPS and D-AMPS. In Germany, it was possible for the first time to call a landline subscriber from a mobile terminal in 1952.” 5

This marked the introduction of the first mobile communication standard 1G in Germany, also known as the A network. This was followed in 1958 by the first public mobile network, which used tube amplifiers built into the radio telephones. When making a call, the motor had to run in order not to discharge the battery.

The cost of these first, rather clunky devices was about DM 15,000. Nevertheless, it was possible to make mobile phone calls at a frequency of 150 MHz with an area coverage of 80 percent. The number of subscribers was about 10,500 at that time.

Successor of the A network in 1972 was the B network, which was a cross-national mobile communication technology and went live with a frequency of about 148 to 163 MHz. It had about 27,000 users.

The C network launch in May 1986 was not transnational but was limited to Germany. At the same time, many different mobile communication networks were mushrooming all over Europe. The C net had about 85,000 subscribers and a frequency band of about 451 to 465 MHz. The Siemens company established fully automatic connections for this network.

The second generation of mobile communication networks (2G) with the international DECT and GSM status helped the cross-national radio network and cordless voice transmission to achieve a breakthrough. In 1979 the frequency range was initially set to 900 MHz, later becoming increasingly powerful (1800 to 1900 MHz for GSM 1800 and GSM 1900).

This generation also marked the beginning of the ever-accelerating gigahertz power spiral. Calls for more power and speed grew louder, although even wireless connections with limited mobility such as WLL (Wireless Local Loop) and RLL (Radio in the Local Loop) managed to enter residential spaces as part of the 2G network rollout.

The number of subscribers exceeded the million mark and operations were finally paying off for providers.

In 2000, UMTS marked the next, the 3rd generation (3G). This was followed in 2006 by 3.5G (HSDPA and HSDPA+) and finally in 2010, the Federal Network Agency introduced 4G (LTE), with various providers sharing the licenses. Performance was permanently increasing, just as service and radio density (reception), which made it more and more popular to use. Today, each German probably has one or more cell phones.

Continuous power increases and frequency increases

With each new generation of mobile communication, there has also been - as we have seen - an increasing expansion of networks and thus an increase in cell towers and their density, including power increases from the original megahertz range to the gigahertz range that is common today.

www.informationszentrum-mobilfunk.de states: 6

„For network expansion, mobile operators use frequencies in the 800 MHz (digital dividend), 1.8 GHz and 2.6 GHz ranges. The frequency bidding in June 2015 also added frequencies in the 700 MHz range. These are particularly suitable for use in rural regions and were previously used by broadcasting. They shall now gradually be made available to mobile communication by 2019“.

At this point, a small, at first sight secondary piece of information:

„Cell phones transmit with up to 1 W in the 1800 and 2100 MHz networks, and with up to 2 W in the 900 MHz network. The transmission power is automatically adjusted by the cell phone to the reception conditions. In poor conditions - e.g., attenuation by buildings or great distance to the base station - the device transmits more strongly to still achieve sufficient signal strength at the basestation. In case of not talking, cell phones do not transmit (or only transmit technical information to the base station).7

This also means, that making a phone call or calling an emergency doctor just requires a fraction of the current power and the ever-narrowing forest of cell towers.

Today, we already exceed this required power by a factor of more than a million. This means the initial target is by far overfulfilled.

But that's not the full story: Industry is waiting in the wings to launch its self-driving cars and technical revolutions and thus needs a new, more powerful network to do so. So, it's not the people who are striving for a transmitter every 250 meters, but the industry. In order to talk to family or friends on the move, a tiny fraction of the power we have today is absolutely sufficient.

Nevertheless, everywhere the impression is created that people need the super-fast real-time network, want it, desire it. Well, the citizens actually don't need that much. Of course, there are always single persons for whom everything must happen in real time, faster and faster in virtual space, and not in real life. For them, things won't be fast enough even in 20 years, which is why they are already calling for the speed of light. They want to make today's phone calls the day before yesterday, according to the motto: The future is the past.

Psychologists are already warning of data and Internet consumption, even without the fully rolled-out 5G networks. Internet addiction is a problem, and the web is full of reports from sufferers: Even without considering all areas of life, there are already studies warning of the consequences.

„The so-called PINTA study by the Federal Drug Commissioner of the Ministry of Health assumes that 560,000 people in Germany are addicted to the Internet. More than two million Germans are considered as at-risk users, among them mainly young adults at the age of 14 to 24. In Asia, the figures are even more alarming. According to a wide range of studies, young South Koreans and Chinese are particularly at risk.

Many researchers worldwide already consider Internet addiction as a mental disorder. "This addiction can affect anyone - from teenagers to housewives", says psychologist Beate Dörsing of Marburg University. She conducts research on Internet addiction and, together with her colleague Alexander Winkler, has recently published a highly acknowledged study on Internet addiction and its treatment options in the journal Clinical Psychology Review.“8

At this point, at the latest, all the data consumption and massive potential data traffic via the so-called smart networks should encourage any straight-thinking person to understand that something has gone completely wrong by introducing digitization. After all, the Internet is regarded as a drug 9 that in particular has a seduction potential on many young people, brutalizing them and even increasingly driving them to suicide (book recommendation: Manfred Spitzer; "The smartphone epidemics – Hazards for Health, Education, and Society", Klett-Cotta-Verlag, 3rd ed., January 2020).

Currently we can only speculate where this will lead once our entire lives are digitized by 5G. However, such critical developments play no role in the euphoria surrounding 5G. It’s just the opposite, the German government has announced that it will push forward the network expansion on a massive scale. For the new high-performance 5G standard, rural areas are to be fully developed to enable the recording of all people, places, things and events in real time. In this context, a declared goal of the political and economic agenda is to eliminate all existing radio gaps.

„At its digitization retreat at Schloss Meseberg on Monday, the German government decided its mobile communication strategy. The goal is to provide a stable, nationwide mobile communication coverage for all households, commercial and industrial estates, transport routes and agricultural areas. Rural areas would thus finally experience the coverage that has long been common in cities, emphasized the Federal Ministers for Digital Infrastructure, Andreas Scheuer, and Agriculture, Julia Klöckner, in a joint press release.“ 10

In view of the fact that digitization is recognized as a drug, the federal government wants to grant access to this drug for the entire country and its population. Even a farmer who used to work on his field peacefully shall now have access all the time.

But in the future, Industry 4.0 will probably give rise to self-driving agricultural machinery besides self-driving passenger cars. The work that lawn robots are already doing today will then be done by a programmed tractor in the field. The farmer can sit at home and play games on the PlayStation together with his children. He will not climb trees with them anymore, as I was used to in my childhood without smartphone.

All these things we should seriously reconsider. Is this technological intoxication really our ultimate pursuit of happiness? (Book recommendation: "Generation relationship-incapable" by Michael Nast / ISBN 978-3841906182). I can only say: Something is coming our way.

Development steps for our own sake?

Another issue, which is not very popular in politics, is the growing number of people who call themselves "electromagnetically sensitive". They count for millions now. Any kind of electricity, which we praise enthusiastically, causes them pain and lets them seek distance from electrical devices and transmission towers.

Electromagnetically sensitive people are forced to live an unpretentious life somewhere in nature, outside of our perception, which can also be considered as life in a prison, just away from civilization and social structures.

This fringe group does neither really exist in today's public mind, nor does it exist for the advocates of network expansion. But what does the new 5th generation mobile communication standard mean to them?

According to www.Bürgerwelle.de, a citizens' initiative that opposes harmful mobile radiation, we're already talking about 9 percent of the population affected in 2020. What if this group grows drastically because of gapless radio density? Or what if an epidemic or mass death arises among them?

At first sight, this sounds dystopic and many people feel not affected, but in the end, it can affect everyone. Please read about the experiences of qualified professionals who suddenly could no longer live among and with us (book recommendation: Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam, Christine Aschermann "Electromagnetically hypersensitive – Radiation refugees in a radio connected society" / ISBN: 978-3956316227).

Radio holes or mobile-free places could therefore be a blessing for several reasons: On the one hand because of the missing access to the drug called Internet and on the other hand because of needs of the increasing number of electromagnetically sensitive people.

However, the topic of electromagnetic hypersensitivity hardly plays a role in the 5G political agenda or is massively underestimated. Officially, the figure is only 1 to a maximum of 2 percent of the population. Surprisingly or not, this official figure has remained low for years despite the massive expansion of mobile communication. In contrast, citizens' initiatives have reported in 2009 that 6 percent of the population, and today even 9 percent are supposed to suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity. These initiatives are appealing to politicians, authorities and the public to create electrically neutral, mobile-free zones. However, the Association for Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity estimates the number of unreported cases to 40 percent of the population (see chapter 4).

Since there is obviously a great lack of information, despite enlightening literature on the subject, it seems necessary to deal more intensively with the constantly increasing number of electromagnetically sensitive people. But the expansion of a seamless 5G network and digitization is constantly progressing and has been declared a political "top priority". Given the fact that everyone can be affected in the future, I will deal with this explosive subject in more depth in chapter 4.

On closer examination, this first large wave of electric and mobile phone refugees could be an indication that urgent action is needed to prevent the suffering of an "insignificant, ignored fringe group" from soon becoming a widespread disease.

From the introduction of the 1st mobile network (A network) in 1958 - with about 150 MHz (megahertz) power - to today's mobile network (4G) with up to 1.8 and 2.6 GHz (gigahertz) power, we have made several huge steps. We surf faster and faster, have more and more options in data transfer and, as it seems, a more and more pleasant life. However, this is also accompanied - and we often forget or suppress this - by an increase in electromagnetic and pulsed radiation, i.e., more waves and fields.

„The latest BDP report "The big widespread diseases" also contains a chapter on burnout. The lively interest by press representatives at the presentation of the report underlines the importance and topicality of the subject. We need to find solutions how both individuals and society as a whole should deal with the issue of burnout. Which approaches are needed for prevention? How can suitable treatment options be created for those affected? Since burnout is a mental disorder, the expertise of psychologists and psychotherapists is particularly needed.“11

You don't need to be a doctor or a psychologist to create a connection between exhaustion and screen work: Observe yourself how you get exhausted, tired, dull, fatigue, sleep worse, etc. after long periods of screen work or consumption.

All this has physiological and not only psychological reasons, as it is generally assumed. Electric smog affects the body cells and influences the calcium level, cell communication and much more. You will possibly be a small step ahead of the psychologists who are still looking for the real reasons of the new widespread disease burnout and place them on a purely psychological level, such as overwork in the job, stress, etc. This is certainly true for some of those affected. However, if we look at the exhausting, harmful influences of mobile radio and electric smog in studies on non-thermal long-term effects, it becomes obvious even for laypersons to identify a connection here. The symptoms of burnout and electromagnetic hypersensitivity have some frightening parallels - which is an aspect we will investigate deeper in the chapter "Does mobile radio make you sick?".

Couldn't it be possible that some of this increased sickness is because our offices contain more and more technology, which weakens the immune system more and more? And what happens when a generation of cell phones is replaced by a completely new and incredibly powerful technology that has never been studied for its long-term effects?

In the following chapter, we will take a closer look at the various networks and the expected bunch of data flood and virtual possibilities. We want to understand the differences between the current technology and the new one, on which even some experts warn.

Chapter 2: 3G, 4G and 5G - What's new?

"5G is more than just another technological step towards the network of the future. The upcoming mobile communication standard and successor of LTE-Advanced will make the mobile network more powerful than ever before. This is actually necessary: The Internet of Things (IoT) makes great digital demands on companies." 12

If you make a quick Internet research on the meaning of 5G, you'll soon discover that the pages are overwhelmed by euphoria and joyful anticipation: High-performance networks, incredibly fast streaming of movies, but also the complete interconnectivity of infrastructure, industry, traffic, commerce, workplaces, and homes. Furthermore, you’ll come across opportunities for people to be included as huge data sets into the network by the means of biometric chips. Simply everything seems to be possible to be transferred as information in real time via radio waves.

Specifically, this means baby diapers reporting via app when they are full, printers automatically ordering new cartridges when they are empty, refrigerators or electric counters being read or controlled from the outside via radio, completely digitized houses, self-driving cars or production plants equipped with robots, and household robots in everyday life.

In the future, everything will be equipped with radio chips and integrated into the Internet of Things (IoT). The fact that not only we, but also hackers will then be living in a land of milk and honey is usually neglected when the new technology is praised. Hackers will not be the only ones to experience a boom scenario, this also holds true for computer or operational errors, which already have devastating economic or financial consequences for companies today, even without 5G. When advocates are talking about the lofty goal of a completely digitized world, everything is just beautiful, paradisiacal and - from this benevolent point of view - absolutely desirable!

So, sit back (with 5G), order online and nosh your cookies while you can stream movies everywhere in real time and everything becomes much more beautiful and secure - at least on paper or in your mind. After all, you certainly don’t want to hinder technological progress, do you?

What does the 5G rollout look like?

The term "pioneering role" is often used when Germany or German companies emphasize that they would like to take the lead in the world in driving the expected technology hype. Competitiveness is key:

"If Germany wants to maintain its industrial pre-eminence, the country must be a pioneer in the development and implementation of Industry 4.0," concludes an analysis by Roland Berger. "However, applications such as driverless transport systems, mobile tools, robots or even human-machine collaboration will only work with high-performance wireless technology. Therefore, the rapid availability of 5G technology is an essential prerequisite." 13

The meaning of human-machine collaboration goes beyond standard interfaces in the applications which are today just represented by displays, touchpads or keypads. In future, the new 5G standard will partially enable setups where we all will be equipped with biometric chips, and - as dogs, cats or cattle are already today - become part of a tremendous ocean of data, which ideally can be captured everywhere from the outside in real time. This "high-performance technology," which will then "sweeten" our entire lives and even integrate us as human beings via the aforementioned biometric chips under the skin, is expected to be in place in Germany as a complete basic framework by around 2025, with the details to be completed a few years later.

It is unclear to what extent the current gigantic new national debt caused by the 2020 corona pandemic will delay the costly goals of the 5G expansion. During the writing of this book, there is an ongoing discussion about a billion-dollar loan program to rebuild the economy.

In another vision, once the Corona crisis is over, people focus on economic growth and therefore accelerate the 5G rollout. Everything is then driven by the expansion of a nationwide, ground-based fiber optic network. In a first step, the existing LTE cell tower technology will be upgraded and then expanded to 5G to meet the new high-performance demands. In addition, as the next step or even simultaneously, a mesh-like radio pole or transmitter system will be implemented, which is without any doubt an enormous technical and a remarkable achievement. Mankind can build something great, globally and across countries, if desired. And fundraisings in the amount of billions are also possible to make it happen. But what does a tightly meshed mobile communication network mean in detail?

How many transmission towers or stations are required by 5G?

According to www.Informationszentrum-mobilfunk.de, there were 88,832 sites with 74,280 mobile transmitters (GSM, LTE, UMTS networks - excluding non-commercial networks) in Germany. These figures from early 2018 do not include small cells with less than 10 watts of transmitting power, as - due to their low power - they do not require approval from the Federal Network Agency. However, even the small cells can already trigger severe discomfort in electromagnetically sensitive people.

Anyone who thinks this is already a huge number, is not aware of the plans for the massive 5G network expansion. However, there are currently many contradictions even in official statements about the full extent of the planned new construction of transmitting stations. In early 2020, even experts showed uncertainty and lack of commitment in communicating exact numbers. The figures ranged from 175,000 transmitting stations to almost 800,000 mobile phone poles, which would have to be newly erected. In a column of the “Handelsblatt” on June 28, 2019, Prof. Curt Diehm comments on this subject:

"The highest estimate states three-quarters of a million transmission poles. And even though this figure may be exaggerated, it means a great amount of new radio poles need to be erected in short distance to each other. Most of them will be located in metropolitan areas to bring 5G to full effect."14

An online article by Klaus Wedekind on n-tv.de on February 13, 2019, cites Bitkom president Achim Berg with a statement that caused a public stir:

"Germany would have to be equipped with 800,000 radio poles for a nationwide 5G rollout, Bitkom president Achim Berg warned, after the Federal Network Agency announced the awarding rules for the upcoming bidding on 5G frequencies last November. The country would have to be peppered with radio poles at distance intervals of one kilometer each and completely dredged up in a checkerboard pattern." 15

With statements like these, of course, not only the opponents of 5G mobile communications are helping to fuel the so-called 5G hysteria. Statements from politicians and businesspeople, who at present do not seem to have a precise overview on the real demand for new mobile communications systems, intensify uncertainties. Needless to say, that discussion on costs - who will bear the costs for the nationwide 5G network and how much will the costs finally be - are not helpful either.

Increased power requirements for 5G networks

Today's 2G, 3G, 4G generation mobile networks transmit at a power of about 790 MHz to 2.6 GHz and may not radiate more than 5-6 volts per meter, depending on the network. 5G, however, needs extremely higher frequencies for its drastically increased data traffic. So, the previous values have been steadily raised to enable these innovations, which were primarily demanded by industry. At first to 3.5 GHz in 2018 and then up to 6 to 100 GHz, the radar range. Above 7 GHz the range of microwaves shortens considerably, so they propagate more poorly and are absorbed more quickly by trees or buildings.

To solve this problem, it is therefore no longer desired - as with the older 2G, 3G or 4G mobile communication modes - to outshine the houses, trees, and areas of disturbance by individual high transmission towers, which may lead to radio shadows to be formed between the houses. Instead, it is mandatory to provide direct radiation onto practically each individual façade. Direct sight from windows to the transmitters is required to ensure the high-volume data transfer. The 5G associated power spectrum between 3.6 and later even possibly 28 GHz makes it almost impossible to penetrate walls, but nobody wants to disappoint commercial and civil users.

Telecommunications antennas

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