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

[Donald Chester]

> > 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

Access to  any station's "study" has  nothing to do with it; stealth antennas very near to the living space would be far more likely to be out of compliance than would normal antennas located outdoors, whether the operator took the pains to conduct a study or not.

The HOA busybodies and others who might read the news of this decision wouldn't have to know anything about any "studies" or on-line calculators; it would just give them more ammunition to fight outdoor antennas even when based on misinformation about RF safety, without further ado.  

Just like the two coronavirus vaccines that may in a few rare cases produce bloodclots, causing them to be temporarily taken off the market, will undoubtedly provide ammunition to the anti-vax crowd and those who say the whole thing is a hoax, and make others hesitant to take any kind of vaccination.

I'm surprised we haven't already seen a phony grassroots bandwagon started up decades ago fighting ham stations located in residential communities, based on published but irrational fears that "ham transmitters and antennas cause cancer".

Don k4kyv