People also still go nuts worrying about the harmful effects of power
lines! Balderdash!

Mike Freeman

On Mon, 10 May 2004, Carl Martin wrote:

> Hi All,
>          This is an interesting thread.  I believe that a lot of people are
> afraid of radio transmitions and other "radiation".  There are lots of
> inconsistancies like repeaters on top of hospitals and commercial planes
> flying over 300,000 watt FM transmitters at low altitude while not
> permitting the smallest RF emission from inside the plane.  Of course, we
> always want to error on the side of safety but sometimes we get carried
> away.  There are a lot of people that hear the word "radiation" and panic.
>
> 73, Carl-W6RGH
>
> At 07:54 AM 5/10/2004, you wrote:
> >     Jeff and all,
> >
> >When I was in the hospital lastSummer, I was prohibited from transmitting
> >with my little Kenwood THF6A rig.  They said I could listen all I wanted,
> >but weren't comfortable with the idea of me transmitting.
> >
> >So, I was only able to enjoy ham radio vicariously.  HI!  HI!
> >
> >I often wondered whether my 5 watts would hurt anything in the hospital, but
> >didn't want to raise a fuss.
> >
> >Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:05 PM
> >Subject: concerns when transmitting in a hospital
> >
> >
> > > 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?
>