Not to mention those still working at facilities such as the Sackville, NB transmitter site or others like it --- VOA etc... In Sackville, I was amazed that I could park right below one of the big wire arrays where the control room is located. Multiple transmitters running most of the time between about 6MHz and 17MHz or so....
NAA in Cutler Maine also comes to mind -- Megawatts of power at something like 15 or 17kHz radiating from an array composed of 25 towers.... Pretty impressive stuff... Mike Hopkins... From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of 'Rich Nute' Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 1:20 PM To: 'Chris Wells'; 'Oscar Overton' Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org; k...@earthlink.net Subject: RE: RF What-if (was: RE: Another Cancer Scare?) Back in the old days -- say mid-50's or earlier, broadcast transmitters were required to be monitored full-time by a qualified engineer. High-power AM transmitters bombarded these guys with all kinds of stuff. Many of these old-timers reported effects on the brain, but I can't remember the details. But, they did survive to tell the tales! (For 25 years or so, I worked side-by-side with a former transmitter engineer.) Different frequency, different power, probably different effects on the human body. We still have public concerns that transmitter radiation at the periphery of the site is too much. Paul Brodeur's book, "Currents of Death," (based on faulty research) popularized the notion of cancer from any transmitter as well as power transmission lines and video display terminals. Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Chris > Wells > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 6:26 PM > To: Oscar Overton > Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org; k...@earthlink.net > Subject: Re: RF What-if (was: RE: Another Cancer Scare?) > > > Oscar - I spend a lot of time debugging systems and separating > coincidence from cause so I appreciate your skeptic stance. > I would agree that it was not a controlled experiment but it was my > experience that I wanted to share. > My exposure was over a good part of a month and my flu like symptoms > happened at the exposure time and stopped ~ 4hrs+ later after leaving > the area. > I would estimate ~ 15 exposures events over that month and then many > months before and after without any problems. > As a result of my experience I am being cautious, limiting > unnecessary exposure and since I work with power being observant of > other situations. > > Chris Wells > > > > From: "Oscar Overton" <oover...@lexmark.com> Chris, > > Until you can do this repeatedly and the results are the same, you > have only demonstrated a coincidence. > > Oscar Overton > Product Safety > - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
