Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship between rectenna operations and ecology. For a full understanding of the effects of long-term exposure on ecosystems, it will be necessary to develop an experiment in which an entire ecological park of extensive area is exposed. During the next one to two years (FY 1979 and 1980), we can expect to be able to evaluate the pertinence of health effects noted in the literature (retrospective studies) to satellite power systems transmitting 2.45 GHz microwaves. We can also expect to see results from some short-term studies such as those on lethality thresholds for birds and other airborne biota. Finally, the literature review and computer-retrievable information system will be developed and used to formulate the ecological experiments to be accomplished after FY 1980.
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