[TowerTalk] Pacemaker

[Chuck Tifft]

Pacemakers have been fairly RF proof for a long time. I have gone 
through 2, and am 3 years into the third. ( Battery Life is only about 5 
to 7 years, and then they replace the whole unit) I am a TV Broadcast RF 
engineer, my job is to maintain a 90KW and  80 KW UHF transmitters. I 
have never had an issue, ever. Ham wise I run legal limit 160M through 
10M on a 60'X100' lot. Again no issues.
Good luck with the ICD

73's Chuck
W6RD

On 9/18/2018 4:26 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 9/18/2018 4:13 PM, Russ Dearmore via TowerTalk wrote:
>> I may be getting a pacemaker and was wondering if I have to relocate 
>> my transmitter and Alpha 8410 amp or what do others do to keep from 
>> becoming a SK?
>
> RF is radiated by antennas, not transmitters (unless something is 
> broken in your shack), so spacing to antennas is what matters. This 
> would be a good time to check on the quality of all coax and coax 
> connectors, making sure that none are JUNK or are poorly installed. 
> All should be properly soldered and wrench tight. JUNK is defined as 
> any coax connector that doesn't have Amphenol or a MIL-spec number 
> stamped onto it. This also applies to adapters.
>
> Last I heard, pacemakers were not susceptible to MF and HF. Read the 
> info on the one you're getting.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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