On Tue, 19 May 2009 10:30:44 -0700, Roy Lewallen
wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:

Ok. That's closer than most of the off topic rubbish the pollutes
most newsgroups. I can see you logic. After reading some of the
postings in this newsgroup, I too might suspect that exposure to RF
and antennas might produce insanity, illogic, political conservatism,
and delusions of omniscience. . .

The effect seems to peak at about 75 meter wavelength, with a minor peak
at about 2 meters. The cautious and same amateur will avoid exposure to
those wavelengths.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Ham radio has its very own industry specific cancer called "cancer of
the vocabulary". Upon over-exposure to RF, a fairly normal individual
will soon develop symptoms which include ultra-long monologs,
inserting "ahhhhh" between sentences, foaming at the mouth, phonetic
alphabet creativity, and an apparently irresistible urge to eat
microphones. An early indication of impending trouble is a tendency
to identify oneself with a call sign after leaving a voicemail
message. Advanced cases exhibit additional symptoms of language
aberrations, political conservatism, compulsive knob twiddling, an
insatiable desire to listen for intelligence in random white noise, a
preference toward high wire acrobatics, and strangely coded speech.
After several decades of RF exposure, the victim may show symptoms of
pontification, pomposity, self-authority, and ossification of the
technology. While not fatal, cancer of the vocabulary has been known
to cause divorce, impoverishment, and curmudgeonificiation.
Unfortunately, the symptoms are not reversible, even when the victim
has withdrawn from ham radio for extended periods, such as to raise a
family.

Despite almost a century of historical data, little effort has been
made to correlate RF exposure with cancer of the vocabulary. I
suspect this may be due to the efforts of the ARRL to block such
research. While it is obvious that different frequencies had
different effects, it would be both interesting and useful if the
connection were properly researched and documented. For example, it's
apparent that exposure to low frequency (HF) waves causes a marked
preference for noisy environments, the exact opposite effect is found
after exposure to high frequencies (VHF), where signal clarity is
preferred. This phenomenon and others should be investigated.

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