[Hallicrafters] (no subject)

[W. David Paperman]

This is one of those cases where a minute grain of truth attains the 
status of a plague.

I have witnessed cases of personnel wearing metal frame eyeglasses 
getting RF "burns" when in close proximity (ignoring the posted warning 
signs) to radiating 800 MHz antenna systems. No permanent damage.

In my previous incarnation as EMI guru for a large hospital I had cause 
to investigate many similar reports. To date, in study after study both 
in the U.S. and abroad, to my knowledge, no clinical data has been found 
to substantiate Thomas' assertions.

Dave, W5WP
W. David Paperman, Clinical Engineer
Wireless Telecommunications; EMI

Bill Gerhold wrote:

> Just read this in the New York Daily News as follows.  Reprinted verbatim
> here:
> 
> Title: Spectacles of Death,
> 
> Still more indoor perils, this time for bespectacled people.  Wearing
> metal-framed glasses could put you at risk of night blindness or even eye
> cancer, warns Pat Thomas, the author of "Living Dangerously: Are everyday
> Toxins Making you Sick?"
> 
> She claims that metal eyeglass frames can act as focusing antennae for
> electromagnetic forces from computers, electric toothbrushes, microwave
> ovens, power points, vacuum cleaners and toasters - in fact, pretty much
> anything with a plug on it."
> 
> End of quote.
> 
> What's an OT to do nowadays.  At least she did not include UFO's or
> Hallicrafters transmitters directly.  Better get your aluminum foil hat
> ready.
> 
> K2WH
> 
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