[South Florida DX Association] Hams at work- Interesting Video

[k4pg]

Very interesting.  I saw the 20/20 piece as well, and K3TUP on the paddle!

What is interesting is that W2HIC was working on his second masters in 
micro-biology and was experimenting with RF using a DX100 to excite and cook 
cancerous tumors in 1965 and 1966!  Just not enough technology then to 
realize what they had.  W2HIC taught at Jeffferson Medical College of 
University of Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.

73 Kevin K4PG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kai Siwiak" <ksiwiak at earthlink.net>
To: <SFDXA at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [South Florida DX Association] Hams at work- Interesting Video


>>   Hi Norm,
>> Kanzius is definitely on to something. Also, its the best use of the 27 
>> MHz band (former 11m band) that I can think of!
>>
>> Back in 1979-80 I was involved with Q on a similar project with the VA 
>> hospitals in Miami and Tampa.It was during the days of de-bunking the RF 
>> scares. We actually built a microwave diathermy applicator and controller 
>> for cancer research. It was controlled by an Apple-II computer (one of 
>> the first personal computers that I ever used). The motivation was to 
>> prove that RF can be healthy also. It was the application of microwave 
>> energy using focused beam and controlled based on many implanted thermal 
>> probes. There are multi million dollar versions of it available, but the 
>> prognosis for that approach is poor. To target the cancer you must be 
>> able to focus the beam, and that means going up in frequency. But to be 
>> able to penetrate well into tissue you need to go down in frequency. 
>> Dillema!  We used the 915 MHz ISM band for the tests (same as commercial 
>> microwave ovens). Cancer cells are slightly more prone to die than 
>> healthy cells ... they die at a degree or so lower than healthy tissue, 
>> and since blood irrigates them poorly, the application of RF tends to 
>> work, somewhat. Kanzius found a way to really tip the balance.
>>
>> The Kanzius breakthru is (1) he's discovered a way to make cancer cells 
>> more vulnerable by injection of RF lossy materials [one can ask, why not 
>> just inject a powerful drug into the cell mass, and yes that is done 
>> too], and (2) by making the cancer cells way more "RF-lossy" than healthy 
>> cells he can just blast the whole body with a uniform, unfocused RF (27 
>> MHz ISM frequency -- 11 m wavelength! There is a better ISM frequency: 
>> 13.68 MHz). The lossy parts will heat up way faster than the healthy 
>> parts, and die off at a faster rate than healthy cell. But anything 
>> containing water will heat up too, so there must be a balance. Hence the 
>> needed research to perfect the new technique.
>>
>> As far as lighting up a fluorescent tube: do you remember a lecture on 
>> antennas that I gave way long ago at Moto? I lit up fluorescent tubes 
>> with a 5W 2m handheld radio to show where the E-field was strongest (its 
>> at the antenna tip). Use the tip of the rubber duckey on a 5W+ handheld, 
>> keying it on and off as you poke around the tube. It will light up! Its a 
>> great experiment -- once to light off the tube, keep the TX keyed and 
>> move the tube down the antenna/radio and across your arm to the 
>> shoulders. The tube stays lit!  Your arm is part of the "antenna"!!!
>>
>> There was an added "feature" to the video-recorded version of that 
>> lecture: we didn't know it during the recording, but the hand-held and 
>> lit tube produced interference on the wireless microphone feeding the 
>> recording. This resulted in a sound effect much like that of the light 
>> sabers in Star Wars. AIt was a great sound effect,  all purely by 
>> accident. Sometimes RFI helps!
>>
>> 73,
>> Kai, KE4PT
>>
>>
>> NPAlex at aol.com wrote:
>>> Hams at work-
>>>  Norm W4QN
>>> ====================================
>>>
>>> video on the CBS  website:
>>>
>>> The Kanzius  Machine
>>>
>>> http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4011961n
>>>
>>>
>>>
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