[Amps] GBR and radiation exposure

[R.Measures]

Chortle.  It seems to me that the wavelength of the radiation one is 
exposed to would be a factor.  For example, persons whose height is c. 
3-meters should probably not run high-power on the 6m band.
cheerz, Peter

On Aug 20, 2004, at 2:44 AM, peter.chadwick at Zarlink.Com wrote:

> My father in law spent many years working at the big stations at Rugby
> (new - 30kW HF tx's) and old - the GBR site with a few 100kW tx's, at
> Leafield with lots of QRO HF, and on the tropo scatter link from the 
> Isle
> of Wight to Gibralter, which ran several 20kW tx's in the 40MHz region.
> He's 78 this year, and last went to the doctor to have his medical to 
> keep
> his driving licence - otherwise, he's needed to go to  the doctor once 
> in
> the 28 years I've known him. He smokes a pipe, too. Photographs of him 
> at
> work show him as spending time with his feet up, and he's certainly
> carried this characteristic on into retirement. So it might be that
> exposure to lots of RF makes you constitutionally lazy and gives you a
> taste for good beer! Seems to have worked with me, too.......
>
> 73
>
> Peter G3RZP
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