[Antennas] "fingerstock" -- Is it really 'dangerous' ?

[Dan Richardson]

I believe it is because finger stock is made of a beryllium copper alloy. 
As long as you are not melting/burning beryllium and smelling the fumes or 
machining or filing it and not inhaling the dust it is a non-issue. Heck, I 
still eat fish which was caught using tackle which uses lead sinkers and we 
all know the dangers of lead. <G>

With antenna advertising I found most manufactures tend to over emphasize 
anything they can find to help sales.

73
Danny, K6MHE

  At 05:14 PM 1/24/2004, Frank wrote:
>I've seen some adverts for screwdriver antennas where the manufacturer
>claims that their design: "does not use any of that dangerous fingerstock".
>
>What's the issue with "fingerstock" ?
>How is it used inside the antenna and what is the potential 'danger' ?