Topband: VOA Antennas

[Mike Waters]

I fully agree, Lloyd! Below 30 MHz, not to worry.

 - There have been thousands of AM and SW broadcast engineers, each with a
lifetime of intense RF exposure, none of whom have been harmed in the least.

 - And that doesn't count the residents living near the transmitters, such
as those houses --with families living in them-- directly in the path of
that Sterba curtain's 25 megawatt RF field!

 - Or us Topbanders! :-)

I firmly believe that the FCC standards for HF exposure were composed with
an overabundance of caution (or should I say paranoia?). Too many lawyers.
And too many greedy idiots eager to hire them.

The exception might be diathermy, a medical treatment which intentionally
uses a very strong and concentrated RF field to heat and treat human tissue.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Lloyd - N9LB <lloydberg at charter.net> wrote:

>  ... Experience and time have shown that this is an unfounded fear for MW
> and HF.   I've been around both for close to 50 years and no cancer, and
> yes I have kids too.   Our local ham clubs have members who have been
> making RF since they were kids are now well past the median life expectancy
> age.  Obviously they have not been adversely affected by RF.
>