Probably a political thing. Its much easier (and cheaper) to pull the plug on
the
Pope's 500 KW MW transmitter and make all the suckers (err, I mean constituents)
think you have solved the problem than it is to clean up 7000 cubic meters of
radioactive waste.
Mike, W4EF.................................
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Fabio Mantovani, IZ4AFW"
<fabio.mantovani@inwind.it>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vatican to cut broadcasts over ecological fight
> > No Tom, it's not a joke, it's true. Near Radio Vaticana antennas there
> > are radioactive wastes for 7000 cube meters. They are coming from ENEA
> > (which is National Agency for Alternative Energy), and for what I know
> > it's a storage site.
>
> Strange. No one suspects the dump. Instead they blame the radio
> waves.
>
> Anyway, sorry about misunderstanding what causes prostate
> cancer. That was nice of someone to set the record straight.
>
> That means I can ignore my wife when the band is open with no
> risk to my health, as long as I get regular exams.
>
>
> 73, Tom W8JI
> W8JI@contesting.com
>
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