[Antennas] RF exposure regulations

Thu, 21 Mar 2002 03:00:30 +0000

Man oh man...I never thought I would say it,
  but a mind is a terrible thing to waste!

Tom K5IID

At 12:20 03/20/02 -0500, Lofstead, Jerry wrote:
>Harvey,
>
>I hate to disagree with you.... BUT... It had been proven in the
>Telephone company.. that the Western Electric installers who were always
>around "low" current DC magnetic fields ended up with a MUCH greater
>incidence of cancer than the general population..    As for exposure to
>High RF fields, I have personal experience of High RF fields.  Having
>lived within 1/4 mile of 3 50KW - 1MW TV antennas, I had bad headaches
>continually!! Till I move out of the area. This was in Miami Florida. It
>is NOT all fluff..  I know of others who have experienced similar
>effects.
>
>Jerry
>W3CDE
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Harvey&Bessie [ mailto:[email protected]
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>Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 5:52 PM
>To: Chris BONDE
>Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Antennas] RF exposure regulations
>
>
>That business about exposure to high-voltage transmission lines is a
>sore point with me. Alternating magnetic field were blamed for these
>effects, right off the bat with no research proof whatever. Now after
>years of research and millions being spent, the answer seems to be
>"inconclusive."
>Nobody even thought about other things that these high-tension lines can
>
>cause before they jumped on the magnetic-field bandwagon
>It appears, now, that the same sort of thing has happened with regard to
>
>RF field exposure. Just scare tactics to get the government to spend a
>lot of money on "research" projects.
>Harvey/W4TG
>
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