[Antennas] RF exposure regulations

2002年3月20日 16:06:04 -0500

I feel there is more to it than that. This is called anecdotal evidence
and is not accepted by the medical profession so why should it be
accepted by anyone else? Where is the solid clinical evidence? I, too,
worked for the Western Electric Installation department (from 1937 until
I went into the service in 1940) and after the war from 1946 to 1948.
Was exposed to all kinds of low and high magnetic fields, both
alternating and direct. I remember a smoothing choke for the 48 volt
talking battery in the power room where the magnetic field was so strong
that if you dropped a tool anywhere near it you had to wait until the
load went down (after midnight) to retrieve it from the air gap. One of
the highly carcinogenic materials we used in the Installation department
(and they used it liberally in the Telcos too) was carbon
tetra-chloride. That could be the cause of a lot of ill health effects
as a result of WECo employment (and blamed on magnetic fields). We
sometimes worked near it for days at a time, with no ill effects. How
about headphones? It seems to me if there was any carcinogenic effect,
surely telephone operators would have higher incidence of ear cancer
than the general public.
In the Navy I was exposed to high-power microwave energy from radar. We
used to service aircraft radar on our carrier, bringing the radar "pods"
into the shop and turning them on while working on them. None of our
personnel had any ill effects from that either.
I have been around high and medium power radio and radar practically all
my life, except for the time I worked for Western Electric and have
absolutely no ill effects. I am now 86 years old (87 in August.) I walk
2 miles before breakfast every morning and feel great.
Am I an exception to the rule, or proof that at least some of these
effects surely need a lot more investigation before we cry "wolf!."
Harvey/W4TG