On Aug 20, 2004, at 7:51 AM, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
John Nelson wrote:
HF broadcast sites run a lot of ERP and the field strength at ground
level
can be very high in certain areas. However, BBC transmitter engineers
seem
to live long and happy lives. And yes, I know they're M*rl*n nowadays
but I
can't bring myself to utter the name . . .
I worked at a BC station in the '60's, before this RF exposure
nonsense. I had to climb a tower several times when the station was
on the air, and as a result I became part of the 5 KW AM radiator...I
also climbed past the 33KW ERP FM antenna, although I kept to the
opposite side of the tower!
The only concession to my safety was to cut the carrier for a few
seconds to allow me to climb on and off the tower.
Jumping on and off the tower with a trampoline should have worked
without cutting the RF.
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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