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

Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:49:55 -0600

This is ridiculous......in it's finished form, beryllium copper is very
safe.  The only time one runs into problems is breathing very fine dust.
Normal machining practices does NOT produce particle sizes small enough to
be of concern.  The only exception might be grinding.

Take a look at this link:
http://www.rfi-ind.com.au/resources/becu_maching.htm

If you ask me this whole thing is nothing but scare tactics put out by a
particular manufacturer to cast a cloud of suspicion over one of their
competitors.

73,
 Gary

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald E. "Buck" Stiles" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Dan Richardson" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] "fingerstock" -- Is it really 'dangerous' ?

> Beryllium metal dust can cause major lung damage and beryllium salts are
> very toxic. Compounds containing beryllium are very poisonous and only to
be
> handled by a professional under controlled conditions. One route for
> beryllium into the biosphere is by way of industrial smoke. It seems that
> some types of camping gas mantle may cause problems as a consequence of
> their beryllium content.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Richardson" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 9:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Antennas] "fingerstock" -- Is it really 'dangerous' ?
>
>
> > 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' ?
> >
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