On May 19, 12:30*pm, 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

Some will probably be skeptical, but I've actually felt the effects
of
RF when operating on the HF bands. I forgot what band it was, but
it was one of the lower ones, "80 or 40", and I was working CW from
my mobile. "parked"
It took a QSO or two before I realized the RF was effecting me.
But I noticed I was starting to feel funny. It's hard to describe the
effects. But I noticed I didn't feel quite right, and it was an
uneasy
queasy type of feeling. Then I started to notice that the feeling
would
subside when I quit transmitting and was listening to the other
station.
When I would go back to transmit, I would slowly start to feel weird
again. I then kind of decided it was the RF hitting me from the rear
of the car, through the window. That particular car was a monte carlo,
and the antenna was on the trunk, with the loading coil fairly low.
So a lot of RF was beaming into the back of my head due to the
location of the antenna. I was running the usual 100w.
So anyway, I don't know about any cancer dilemma, but I know
in some cases, it's possible to feel RF on the HF bands.
Or at least I seemed to..
I didn't like the feeling of it at all. Was not a burning or anything,
it made you feel real nervous and uneasy. Pretty weird.. :/