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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