That's what I am thinking.  I don't know if he will get a pace maker, but
I just have nn HT as far as ham radio is concerned, but phones that are on
800 and 900 MHz.  I'm sure that hf he gets a pace maker the doctors will
tell us what to and not to use around him.





On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Louis Kim Kline wrote:

> It seems to me that in dealing with something this serious that it would be
> better to err on the side of caution.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
> At 10:41 AM 8/3/02 -0700, you 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]>
> >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.
> > >
> > >
>
> Louis (Kim) Kline, A.R.S.  K2LKK
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