On Feb 12, 3:17�pm, "KE5MBX" wrote:
Hi,
What's all this business I hear people talking about blasting people's
car stereos or killing cars altogether with high-power RF? I run 2m,
10m, and 11m in my jeep and I'd like to sort out the fact from the
legend and find out what kind of power I can use without risking
damage to my jeep or cars around me. *At what power level is front-end
overload to a nearby radio likely? At what power level is damage
likely, and to what componets?

I am currently using only 50 watts on a 5/8 wave (2m), 25w on a 1/4
wave (10m), legal 4w on a 1/4 wave (11m)

Thanks,
Nelson KE5MBX

If you are using TeraWatts of output power (unlikely) or wish
to detonate a nuclear device (for its EMP or Electro-Magnetic
Pulse), you are not going to blast anyone's rig or ruin their
auto boom-box or even harm their ignition from a ready-built
amateur radio rig.

As the good "doctor" said, your ham radio test should have
clued you in on what is considered "harmful" to humans.
How about reigning in some hysteria and folk tales and
concentrate on actual building-testing-slinging-solder
radio-electronics instead of some fantasy notions? :-(