RF Measurements
at the Meadowlands Sports Complex




This photograph illustrates a series of RF field measurements that were part of an investigation of ambient fields produced by AM radio stations at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in Rutherford, New Jersey. The study was prompted by the observation of several members of the New York Giants football team with, reportedly, various forms of cancer. The close proximity of numerous high-power AM radio stations in the immediate vicinity of the complex and the stadium led to questions of the ambient levels of RF fields that were present. RF fields were characterized in terms of their magnetic field strength, as shown above, and electric field strengths.