[TowerTalk] high tension wires

[Ken Shutt]

I concur, OTOH if you are concerned, there is always QRP.

73 de Ken - W5KQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Win" <w0lz at winlyn.us>
To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] high tension wires


> For almost 50 years I have worked with high power RF.  I have felt the 
> hair
> on my neck move from a multi-megawatt HRI Radar antennas.  For over a year 
> I
> played cards every day next to a 10 KW tropo klystron.  I have slept next 
> to
> a 50 KW broadcast transmitter more nights than I can count.  I have seen
> people climb broadcast towers hot to change the lights. But, I have never
> seen or heard of anyone having health issues from these RF exposures.
>
> If you are losing sleep over a 1 kw RF exposure from amateur transmitters, 
> I
> fear you need go QRP and get some sleep.
>
> Win, w0lz
>
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