I'd be nervous riding past radio stations, lol.
especially FM
We have a 25 kw FM country transmitter 2 miles away,
just an 8th of a mile from my uncle's house.
--- Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I don't know whether I have shared this with folks
> on the list, but I have a
> pacemaker, due to an existing heart condition.
> Believe me, when it became
> apparent that the pacemaker was necessary, one of my
> biggest concerns was
> what that would mean for my amateur radio hobby.
>
> I asked a lot of questions, and got many conflicting
> answers, but I have
> found that, with a little caution and common sense,
> an individual with a
> pacemaker today should be able to carry on in
> amateur radio just fine.
>
> No, I don't use 1500-watt amplifiers, nor will I go
> to any of our repeater
> sites which have lots of RF floating around from a
> number of RF sources, but
> I have had no problems whatsoever using my standard
> 100 watts on any of the
> HF frequencies, and even two meters.
>
> And, yes, Steve is right; as I understand, the
> modern-day pacemakers are
> quite well shielded, and shouldn't create problems
> like the older ones did
> if used with amateur equipment.
>
> Granted, I'm not an expert--but am just sharing
> experience I have had over
> the past several years.
>
> Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 5:54 PM
> Subject: Re: concerns when transmitting in a
> hospital
>
>
> > I remember reading an article in QST about 25
> years ago about a guy with a
> > pacemaker who fired up his HF rig and amplifier.
> He became unconscious
> while
> > transmitting, but luckily he had a spring-loaded
> PTT button on his mike,
> so
> > when he passed out, he went off-air and recovered.
> >
> > I assume that nowadays, the shilding on pacemakers
> is more robust than it
> was
> > then.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David W Wood"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 5:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: concerns when transmitting in a
> hospital
> >
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > here in the U.K. all radio transmissions and cell
> phone usage is banned
> > in hospitals. They can adversely affect some
> monitoring equipment.
> >
> > As a physiotherapist, we are taught not to use
> short wave equipment on
> > patients with pacemakers.
> > As this struck me to be a bit silly as many hams
> using amps also have
> > pacemakers fitted, I contacted my good friend N4AR
> who is a heart
> > specialist.
> > Bill suggested that it was purely the
> manufacturers of the pacemakers
> > who were covering their own backs!
> >
> > So i guess that the answer is still to use it till
> you are asked not to
> > do so, and yet be careful about it!
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > In message
> <[log in to unmask]>, Jeff
> Kenyon
> > <[log in to unmask]> writes
> > >Hi everyone. I volunteer at a Children's
> Hospital, and I always have my
> HT
> > >with me should something happen either there or
> weather wise, and I have
> > >tried getting to some repeaters in different
> parts of the hospital, and
> for
> > >the most part it works fine, though I don't know
> how strong I am into the
> > >repeaters when inside parts of the building. I
> mainly transmit on
> 2-meters
> > >or 440 and have tried them both with no problem
> with some machines, and a
> > >few of the patients have been impressed even when
> I tell them all that I
> can
> > >do with ham radio. Although nobody has
> complained I still am just
> wondering
> > >if anyone else has had other complaints when
> working from within a
> hospital?
> >
> > --
> > David W Wood
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