From: an old friend on Aug 2, 9:01 am

Michael Coslo wrote:
an old friend wrote:
Michael Coslo wrote:
an_old_friend wrote:
John Smith wrote:


The RF isn't ionizing radiation, so it wouldn't mutate any cells,
giving rise to evolvement.

I hear the jury is out out on mutagenc effects

Not really, Mark. It's just that a couple dozen research
facilities have NOT YET uncovered anything harmful in low-
level radiation in at least 3 decades of study on the
subject.

But the idea of holding 5 or more watts if UHF RF against my temple is
a scary one.

you Have a 440 HT?

and you are afraid of it?

It's a SOCIAL STIGMA fear, Mark. No "real" ham is supposed to
have a "shack on the belt" sort of radio.

If a PCTA is seen by other PCTAs using a handheld, he is subject
to immediate excommunication. No one is allowed to beep to him
again.


Related item. I was on vacation last weekend, and a couple weekends
before that. I was very nearly killed several times by cell phone users
who nearly rear-ended me, were engaged in some sort of animated
argument, and nearly side swiped me, or just generally drove like a
complete idiot.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Did Mike get a Warrant for their arrest? Attempted
manslaughter is felony in most states.


Seeing as how truck drivers and Hams have been using radios for years
and years with out (apparently) nasty incidents, I wonder if exposure to
the near field of near GHz radiation makes people temporarily stupid.

No, some hams are naturally stupid.

Tsk, tsk. The strongest effect on human tissue of RF radiation is
in the low-VHF spectrum. That is much reduced above 300 MHz and
on up...


I believe that we need to treat people who drive and use cell phones in
the same manner that we treat people who drive intoxicated. Proof that
an intelligent person can be made stupid by a cell phone would go a long
way in that direction.

There is considerably more "proof" that ham radio makes supposedly
intelligent persons go stupid just from all the comments in here...

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