[AMRadio] More on "Electromagnetic Allergies"

[W1GOR]

Jim... You're right on target with your observation... Beware of reporters 
bearing BULLSHIT... Technically, I've yet to meet a reporter who had any 
reasonable knowledge of technology... Particularly in the areas of 
Electronics and Aviation...

Resistance is futile, but... Impedance is much more complex..!

...Larry, W1GOR




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] More on "Electromagnetic Allergies"


> For years people have attempted to draw a correlation between RF and
> magnetic fields with some sort of maladies.  The subject has been
> studies numerous time and no connection has ever been found.  It seems
> as if  this topic surfaces from time to time when some one with a friend
> who is in the news business does a report.
>
>
> Jim/W5JO
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>> It is indeed possible that some people have the ability to detect some
>> electromagnetic fields directly.   I recall a report I read in the
>> 1970s that there are at least some who seem to have an ability to
>> demodulate AM signals and hear the audio - there was a patented design
>> last century that coupled amplitude modulated RF to a person's body
>> and
>> the modulating audio could be "heard".  It was considered as a
>> possible
>> hearing aid or no-headphones monitoring method.  But results were not
>> consistent and the field had to be strong and tightly-coupled to the
>> body.    I'm forgetting what it was called... the "Neurophone" maybe?
>> I don't think it is related to the ultrasonic thing being sold today
>> under that name:  http://www.neurophone.com/
>>
>> As I recall, I don't think anyone who tried it reported anything
>> unpleasant or irritating.  Some didn't get it, some only heard
>> something after extended exposure, some heard the audio right away.
>>
>> But it seems highly unlikely that the weak fields produced by Wi-Fi,
>> neighborhood cellphone sites, etc would produce a serious bodily
>> reaction.  We are constantly awash in electromagnetic fields from the
>> Sun, Earth, and the rest of the universe, as well as much stronger
>> local man-made noise and radio and TV signals - wouldn't someone
>> supposedly sensitive to weak fields like Wi-Fi and a neighborhood cell
>> site have been bothered by the much stronger sources much earlier and
>> to a greater degree?
>>
>> Steve WD8DAS
>>
>> sbjohnston at aol.com
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