Ms Everdell says she has slept better since the curtains went up

O2 Airwave, which owns the Tetra mast near Dursley, Gloucestershire, says people are over reacting and it is operating within recognised safety guidelines.

Suzanne Everdell says the curtains are helping her family overcome sleep problems which started when the mast was erected.

The net curtain is interwoven with nickel plating and was originally designed by the Ministry of Defence, she says.

The mast has attracted some controversy

It is used by some train companies to prevent the use of mobile phones in carriages.

The Tetra mast is part of the radio communications system being trialled by police.

Some locals say it interfered with their televisions when it was switched on for tests in March.

Mrs Everdell, who lives several hundred yards from the mast, told the BBC: "Within a few days of the mast being put up, my husband, my daughter and myself were all woken abruptly four or five times a night."