Follow-up message from a "frisky dog"

[ad4tu at esinet.net]

>are probably not as severe as other urban/suburban contesters'.  The only
>two RFI complaints in 5 years (both telephone RFI) came from two
>lawyer-neighbors who live approximately 800 feet NORTHEAST of my tower.  In

Gentlemen, what is the farthest that any of you have received substantiable
RFI/TVI complaints from when operating 160-10M at high power?  Tower height,
antenna azimuth, angle of radiation, mode of operation, terrain, etc.
notwithstanding I'm curious to know. Please no 50mhz/Channel 2 horror
stories.  I'm getting ready to put up a few towers for QRO HF CONTEST
operation that will be about 1000' from the nearest house (the next closest
house is about 1/2 mile away) and am curious as to the likelihood of
TVI/RFI.  This is only tangential to this whole RF exposure thing that is
going on, but if you've gotten legitimate complaints from distances like
these (1000+ feet) please reply direct with the details to me at
AD4TU at esinet.net

Thanks, Pete/AD4TU

 
 
Email:      ad4tu at esinet.net


>From leduc at atla3.agfa.com (Dave LeDuc)  Fri Aug  9 13:36:36 1996
From: leduc at atla3.agfa.com (Dave LeDuc) (Dave LeDuc)
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 96 08:36:36 EDT
Subject: RF exposure
Message-ID: <9608091236.AA05651 at chip.agfa.com>


So far in all of the comments that I have read no one seems to be concerned 
about any ill effects to themselves or their families that might occur as a 
result of exceeding the FCC RF guidelines. Could it be because no one 
believes that they are based on any scientific facts? Some people still 
believe that cigarette smoking is not harmful.

Is anyone familiar with the naval communications station that was 
once located in Cutler Maine? When I was a navy radioman back in the late 
60's they transmitted using 1 megawatt power CW and RTTY, 24 hours a day. I 
understand that residents of the area were unable to use florescent light 
bulbs. It would seem to me that the residents may have been exposed to RF 
in excess of the current guidelines. I wonder if there has been any 
significant level of cancer or other diseases found in the area?

Dave K1EPJ

>From seay at alaska.net (Jan & Del Seay)  Sat Aug 10 01:13:42 1996
From: seay at alaska.net (Jan & Del Seay) (Jan & Del Seay)
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 17:13:42 -0700
Subject: RF exposure
References: <9608091236.AA05651 at chip.agfa.com>
Message-ID: <320BD436.2F12 at alaska.net>

Dave LeDuc wrote:
> 
> So far in all of the comments that I have read no one seems to be concerned
> about any ill effects to themselves or their families that might occur as a
> result of exceeding the FCC RF guidelines. Could it be because no one
> believes that they are based on any scientific facts? Some people still
> believe that cigarette smoking is not harmful.
> 
> Is anyone familiar with the naval communications station that was
> once located in Cutler Maine? When I was a navy radioman back in the late
> 60's they transmitted using 1 megawatt power CW and RTTY, 24 hours a day. I
> understand that residents of the area were unable to use florescent light
> bulbs. It would seem to me that the residents may have been exposed to RF
> in excess of the current guidelines. I wonder if there has been any
> significant level of cancer or other diseases found in the area?

Exactly, Dave! Studies have not been run with any serious objective.
And - the power level you're talking about would have very visable
results.
By the way - during all of this, the Department of Defense is firing
up a multi- Gigawatt transmitter at the HAARP site at Gakona, Alaska.
For God sakes, if we're worried about 50 watts - what effect does
1,000,000,000.00 EIRP watts have? They are not worried about our
health!   de KL7HF