[Antennas] RF Exposure.. Hoooey....or otherwise

[Wayne Dahl]

Want to see some really stupid people doing some really stupid=20
things?  Check out this page.  http://www.bigradios.com/avis/  Be=20
warned...if you download the AVI's, you'll need either a lot of time (start=
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the download, go out for a pizza and some beer) or a broadband connection.

Check out how close some of these people are standing to these vehicles=20
feeding 70Kw (claimed) into the antennas...not to mention the retards=20
(personal opinion, not scientifically proven) in the vehicles.

I'm sorry, but when you're standing close enough to something like that to=
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cause a camcorder to spit the tape out like its tongue got burned on hot=20
coffee, it CAN'T be good for you.  Short term exposure may be ok, but these=
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dweebs do this sort of thing all the time.  Reminds me of car stereo=20
competitions.  I once saw a pickup with so many amplifiers (I think the=20
total power output in the pickup was over 2000 watts) and the decibel level=
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was so high, you couldn't stand within 50 feet of it with the stereo=20
running at competition levels.  They measure the decibel output with a=20
sound meter placed on the dash where they could see it, the stereo was=20
turned up to competition levels by remote control and the meter was read=20
from a distance by binoculars.  The measure level?  139 db.  This was the=20
national champion at the time...don't know if anyone has beat it.  It was=20
so loud, someone in a motel half a mile away could hear it and called the=20
store I worked at to find out how they could get some of that same=20
equipment.  Heheheheh...great free advertisement for the store.


And then there was the guy they highlighted on the Darwin Awards a couple=20
of years or so ago.  He had been admonished for standing in front of the=20
microwave dish (ok, ok...it was a microwave dish...not HF) on the roof of=20
the building because he said it was the only way he could stay warm during=
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the winter.  He decided one New Years Eve to go up there, sit in front of=20
the dish with a six pack of beer and a lawn chair and watch the fireworks=20
and bring in the New Year.  The next day or day after, one of his=20
co-workers went into the office and wondered why he smelled a turkey=20
cooking.  When he couldn't find one, he went onto the roof...and found his=
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co-worker, dead in the lawn chair.  Apparently, between the booze and the=20
microwaves, the guy fell asleep...never to awake.  The proverbial frog in=20
the pot.

My 2=A2 worth.

73's,
Wayne
KD5ICK