Well, one person I know is still using his SSB and high powered stuff, and
I think that his pace maker is in fact mnufactured by Icom. I know that
800 MHz cell phones and microwave ovens have sometimes been a concern.
Does this happen more to one brand of pace maker ofer another?





On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Mike Freeman wrote:

> I don't think using a HT would cause problems.  In those instances of
> which I am aware, it was high-powered gear, i.e., HF SSB/CW gear, that
> was involved in heart-stopping events!
>
> Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 10:28 AM
> Subject: pace makers and ham radio bands
>
>
> > Hi everyone. I just was talking to my step father's dad, and he was
> just
> > recently discharged from the hospital with an irregular heart beat.  I
> > don't know if they will be giving him a pace maker or not but he is 91
> > years old and quite active for his age.  He still drives and
> everything.
> >         What I want to know is is there any harm with operating
> 2-meters
> > or 220 or 440 around him either now or when he gets the pace maker if
> in
> > fact this is what he ends up getting?  I know that pace makers at
> least
> > some of them have had interference problems from RF, but I also know a
> few
> > hams who have them and are still able to operate.  Any information
> would
> > be appreciated, and thanks in advance.
> >
> >
>