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The commenter reports two cancer diagnoses after living near a microwave relay tower for 25 years and supplies exposure-location context without establishing causation.
- Cancer & tumors: “I am a two time cancer patient living for 25 years within 400 yards of NC State Highway Patrol microwave relay tower Call sign: WQOM811, Bailey NC 27807 Coordinates: 35.741583 - 78.115389, Site# HP1011,”
- Towers & siting: “r patient living for 25 years within 400 yards of NC State Highway Patrol microwave relay tower Call sign: WQOM811, Bailey NC 27807 Coordinates: 35.741583 - 78.115389, Site# HP1011, Phone 1-888-92 VIPER, VIPER 800 MHz Trunker radio site. The 6 GHz links are point-to-point ba”
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I am a two time cancer patient living for 25 years within 400 yards of NC State Highway Patrol microwave relay tower Call sign: WQOM811, Bailey NC 27807 Coordinates: 35.741583 - 78.115389, Site# HP1011, Phone 1-888-92 VIPER, VIPER 800 MHz Trunker radio site. The 6 GHz links are point-to-point backhaul tying the site into the statewide network.
Context on what it carries: the Highway Patrol manages North Carolina's statewide VIPER Project 25 800 MHz trunked system — about 240 transmitter sites whose controllers are linked over microwave. I am a 69 year old Caucasian male, 154 lbs, 5'10", lifelong athlete, non-smoker. Two cancers: 1) Polycythemia Vera diagnosed October 2024, treated with Besremi/Ropeg-interferon at UNC Hematology, Garner NC; 2) Thymic Squamous Cell Carcinoma diagnosed June 2026 at Duke University Medical Center Cancer Center, Durham NC. Surgical removal of 10 cm x 7 cm tumor, presently undergoing radiation treatment of the tumor bed area between the heart and right lung
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