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This is true, wouldn't want to climb the tower if I
had a pacemaker though, lol.
--- Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sean, Tom and Listers:
>
> If I recall from my old theory days, the exposure to
> an RF field varies with
> the inverse square of the distance. Thus, the
> closer you are to the radiation
> source, the more problemmatic this can become. Of
> course, as we know from the
> RF exposure calculations, that frequency also plays
> a role.
>
> At Field Day last year, the guy who helped us erect
> antennas had a pacemaker.
> He asked that we not transmit on HF while he was
> going to be walking under the
> antenna. Of course, at that point, he would have
> been no more than 35 feet
> from the maximum radiated power.
>
> It wasn't a problem for him as an operator, as he
> was a bit further from the
> antenna and the RV provided additional RF shielding.
>
> I think with a broadcast station, you are not going
> to be that close to the
> antenna; and the 25KWW FM station Sean referenced
> probably specifies its power
> as Effective Radiated Power, which takes antenna
> gain and pattern compression
> into account.
>
> Steve, K8SP
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