[TowerTalk] OT but relevant

[John Bohnovic]

I'm running a Medtronic unit and I don't even know it's there except for 
the little bump on my chest. I run 1.5 kw most mornings on 80 and 40 M 
CW. My Butternut HF-2V is about 75 feet from the shack.

73..de John/K4WJ

On 2/25/2016 12:01 PM, Kathy Bookmiller via TowerTalk wrote:
> Sorry about this but it may affect many of us eventually.
> Yesterday I went for a stress test and got some bad results. I have a left bundle block and they want to me to have a pacemaker implanted ASAP.
> Obviously this is distressful as I've been in excellent health for my 68 years and now this:(
> One of my first thoughts was are pacemakers prone to RFI? I asked the surgeon about this and he said he'd never heard of this before in his practice.
> I'm wondering if any of the readers here have had any experience with pacemakers/RFI issues? I know over the years I've seen references to it in an offhand way but didn't pay much attention as it didn't apply to myself at the time.
> My beam is only 20-25' directly above me, as can be seen on my qrz page.
> Any thoughts/experiences?
> Kathy W2NK
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