[CW] Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective May 3

[W4BIN]

   On 4/15/21 2:02 PM, Donald k4kyv Chester wrote:

> No need to document anything.  Just plug a few numbers into the 
> calculator at the link below and see the result:

   I haven't had a chance to study this ruling in detail, but if it is as
it was before, the study's results MUST be filed in your station's
records.

> http://hintlink.com/power_density.htm

> With the vast majority of  amateur HF installations, even those 
> lackadaisical over the so-called “legal limit”, there is virtually zero 
> risk of exceeding the alleged RF safety  limits if the targeted person 
> is physically more than a few feet away from the  radiating element of 
> the antenna.  Any effective HF antenna will likely be farther away than 
> that from its height above ground level.

   Every antenna, maximum power level and the frequency ranges must be
considered.  Naturally, HF is not the only frequencies that most of us
radiate.

> What I am most concerned about is that misinformation accompanying this 
> announcement will provide HOA control freaks and others afflicted with 
> ADS (antenna derangement syndrome) more ammunition in their quest to 
> prohibit outdoor antennas of any description. Conversely, the people at 
> greatest risk would be those living in a house with “stealth” antennas 
> hidden away in the attic or otherwise adjacent to living space.

   I don't understand how anyone but yourself could be privy to your
station's study.
   If our “stealth” antenna/s" are unsafe they need to be changed in some
way including erecting wooden fences to keep people back further.
-- 
   Ron  W4BIN - Understanding is much better than
                                     knowing how.MX