Isn't it illegal for unlicensed people to transmit period? I know of a
friend that wants to play with irlp, and he says he's buying a radio like
mine, no license though. I don't like the idea much, but I don't want him
using my call on the air, especially on a repeater.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: concerns when transmitting in a hospital
> Thanks, I had one patient who liked the DTMF pad so I picked an unused 439
> MHz freq and reduced power and went simplex and IDED and let him play with
> the HT. He doesn't talk much, and usually when he is there he pretty much
> keeps himself entertained. I can't operate all the time either as I am
> handing out other supplies and making sure that people don't get in each
> other's skin. I'm sad to say though that the Braille cards aren't as much
> as a hit as me and the supervisor thought, but I am working on getting
some
> Braille books and materials and have already contacted an organization.
> I had to worry about transmitting like this a couple of years ago when
> my step grandfather had a pacemaker implanted, but all bands were no
> problem.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: concerns when transmitting in a hospital
>
>
> > Generally transmitting below 1 gig shouldn't be a problem. An ht should
> be
> > fine. Many hospitals have repeaters and some even have hf systems on
site
> for
> > patients. If the hospital does a lot of abr, eeg, eng, or similar work
> they may
> > need to limit transmitting but generally 440 and below is fine,
especially
> for
> > an ht. It is definitely a good idea to check with someone. Probably
the
> best
> > people to ask are the folks in the repair shop who work on hospital
> equipment.
> > A good rule is don't transmit near surgery, labs, or diagnostic areas of
> the
> > hospital. I'd also not transmit near icu or ccu but other than those
> common
> > sense sorts of things you should be fine.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> > web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>
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