Technical arguments aren't likely to have much influence on people who
believe in ghosts (as roughly 30% of the U.S. population reputedly does)
or who buy things like iRenew bracelets (check your local spam folder)
and magnetic mattresses (*http://tinyurl.com/3z62byt) *at great
expense. The older I get the less I realize I know, but the more
cynical I become about the objectivity and reasoning power of the human
race.
Good luck, though.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 5/19/2011 2:09 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 20:02:35 +0200
> From: F5vjc<foxfive.vjc@gmail.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Radiation Hazard !
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
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> Does anyone know of an online article or other easily read material
> suitable for the lay person (Joe public) who is completely against all
> visible antennas or masts used for radio transmission on the grounds
> of harmful electromagnetic radiation?
>
> Naturally it should present Amateur Radio in a fair and favourable light.
>
> 73, Deni
> F5VJC
>
> ## I use that online software program from, I think it's the University of
> Wisconsin. Just plug in the height, gain of ant, freq, AVERAGE power level,
> duty
> cycle etc, and it spits out asap, if you are compliant or not.
>
> ## So what's the deal? Visible ant's are a ...'no-no' but hidden ant's
> are ..."ok" .
> There have been umpteen thousands of studies done to date..and not one of
> them
> proves ill effects if you are compliant. I have been to several town hall
> meetings...and
> you should see the crap the public buys into. It's all pseudo junk science
> at best.
> The only way you are going to get cancer is from gamma rays, x-rays, or solar
> radiation from
> the sun. You can stick a rat into a microwave oven and turn it on full
> blast for 20 mins..and the
> rat will die.....but it didn't die from cancer. Women are at these town
> hall meeting's, in tears, and all
> 300 x folks in the room get emotional, and wind each other up.
>
> ## I find it amusing that the public is all up in arms about.."death rays"
> from ants..... and cell
> tower's yet have no problems taking with their cell phones..held right up
> to their ear !
>
> ## just do a google on evils of radio tower's and ant's..and you will get an
> earful. I just saw one
> the other day that stated .... "ham radio ants cause cancer"
>
> ## most fed gov's don't even read the comments from city hall and it's
> citizens anymore..they all
> end up in the shredder. Our regulator just wan't to know if the proposed TX
> radio and ant's is
> compliant or not. No cell co is about to the make a proposal that's not
> compliant so it's a moot point.
>
> ## I have been accused of everything from .."pumping out death rays, gamma
> ray's, you name it".
> Property values will diminish, I will also attract lightning, folks will get
> internet drop off's, the sky will
> fall in, and life will end as we know it. I'm amazed at how folks with
> university education can buy into this
> nonsense. I live very close to the local university with 10,000 students
> and staff..with profs up and down
> my street. They believe anything and everything they read on the
> internet....it's a real hoot.
>
> ## we even have a local group here in town... " citizens coalition against
> electromagnetic RADIATION"
> Now the fellow who runs this outfit is a real piece of work..a complete
> idiot. But he seems to get himself into
> the local newspaper once in a while....which just adds to
> his....'credibility'. He has this small loop ant he built...which
> he then plugs into his Fluke DVM..and goes around measuring ..'level of
> radiation' from various cell sites..and telco
> sites. We had a point to point microwave shot from the local telco office to
> the local horse race track, just north of me.
> It was used in the summer only, so folks could place live bets on horse's
> from other tacks 75 miles away. It was just
> a big, real time, video and gaming feed. The local nutcase gets his ix on
> page 1 of the paper... outside the fence at work...
> "measuring" the levels of the .."death rays" from our tiny 12" diam
> microwave dish..which has the sides built up to
> eliminate side lobes, etc. The thing only runs a fraction of a watt..and is
> about as narrow as a search light..and halfway
> up the tower. It's SHUT OFF 9 x month's of the year. I pointed out to
> the local bozo, that the point to point circuit was in the
> 'OFF' mode for the winter...so asked him exactly what he thought he was
> measuring. Too late, he had already made front page
> news with his ..."findings" . Of course, the public reads this junk
> science..and swallows all of it.
>
> ### BTW.. booze is good for you now.....it contains no trans-fats.
>
> Later... Jim VE7RF
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