Makes me wonder how many people with pacemakers work
on South Mountain. That's Phoenix's version of signal
hill, and there are a lot of t.v. fm radio
pager, and other transmitters, including at 1 time, a
2m 220 and 440 repeater. I don't know if Kansas City
has an equivalent, but I doubt it. People were always
telling me that on South Mountain there were danger
zone markings where rf concentrations are especially
high, but that might just have been an urban legend.
--- Carl Martin <[log in to unmask]> 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?





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