"John Ferrell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:34:51 GMT, Owen Duffy wrote:

John Ferrell wrote in
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I get a little worried about more than a couple of watts around areas
with people.


On the other hand, it has been demonstrated that UV radiation is a health
hazard, and there is no "safe" exposure level (ie a threshold below which
no changes will take place in living cells). If one took a balanced
approach, before becoming too concerned about EMR MPE, one would protect
one's self from ANY sunshine, direct or indirect.
I am there too. The effects seem to be accumulative to some of us...


If it appears that ham's brains have been addled by RF, they were
probably that way before exposure to EMR, it might just be a factor for
selection of hams. (You don't have to be mad to be a ham, but it helps!)

Owen

I managed to get an RF burn from a 25 watt nav transmitter once and it
hurt! It was slw to heal as well.

My problem is that I really don't know, I have yet to do that
homework.

I have a similar problem of my own in the near future. I have a 24
foot Winniebago RV that is at least skinned with fiber glass. I would
like to try HF mobile Lots of homework ahead...
John Ferrell W8CCW

I gave up trying to talk while driving, it only took one close call for me
to quit. After I set up camp I lay some radials out on the ground and set up
an 18 ft fibergalss whip. Vehicle has antennas for 10/11m and 2m.

Jimmie D wrote:
I gave up trying to talk while driving, ...

While driving, I find it hard to talk on a cellphone
but easy to talk on a ham radio. There's something
about half-duplex, push-to-talk that makes it easier,
maybe that I don't have to talk and listen at the
same time.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com