Okay, well I know of one ham who didn't have to change any of his
opearting practives to my knowledge when he got his pace maker, but I just
want to be sure that operating at all won't cause problems when or if I do
around this person now or if and when he gets a pace maker.





On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, David W Wood wrote:

> 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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