Hello all

I have a good friend in the USA who is a retired cardiologist and had
this very same interchange with him some years ago.

Basically, he says that the caveats given are to protect the
manufacturers interests and he is only aware of a couple of incidents
when they have failed in hams probably due to poor matching of antennas
to the rig.

73 de g3yxx



I think you wrote  below <[log in to unmask]>,
Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]> writes
>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]>
>Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >
>... Ask not for whom the <^G> tolls.
>----- 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.
>>
>>

David W Wood
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