[Elecraft] OT: Public service announcement (DVT)

[Dave (NK7Z)]

But Wayne...

If we all start worrying about DVT, no coding will ever be finished!

73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
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ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

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On 5/2/25 10:43, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> No, DVT is not, in this context, the rate of change of voltage over time.
> But it is about things not changing enough.
> 
> I was thinking the other day about how many sequential hours we all spend
> sitting on a cross-country flight. This was on my mind because I have one
> coming up -- to Dayton, Ohio. Then I thought about an article I read
> recently, reminding me how sitting for long periods of time just isn't good
> for human anatomy. They say you need to get up every 20 minutes or so and
> walk around, stretch, feed your pets, get the mail, whatever. Anything but
> sit for hours on end. Pun intended.
> 
> Why? DVT...deep-vein thrombosis. (I hear you saying, "WTF?" But in
> fairness, I did put "OT" in the subject line.)
> 
> In short, prolonged inactivity can cause DVT and complications thereof.
> I'll spare you the details, as I'm not qualified (just Google it), and I've
> never had it myself. Let's just say the consequences can be scary.
> 
> Then I thought of ham radio. At times we're at the inert,
> four-paws-in-the-air, bleeding edge of the bell curve in terms of sitting.
> Not just for hours. For some events it's large fractions of a day.
> 
> With renewed awareness I now use nannyware to periodically break me out of
> a techno-trance.
> 
> Though avoidance of DVT was never a stated goal for our product offerings,
> it's a happy coincidence that our portable gear gives some of us another
> excuse to get out of our chairs. In hindsight I can see the benefit to our
> customers at trade shows: they're more than their share of ageless,
> timeless, energetic and athletic.
> 
> Anything that encourages movement is in this category, of course, from
> high-band HTs to bicycle mobile to climbing your tower.
> 
> My advice...keep on truckin'. And thanks for the bandwidth.
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
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