[AT] Garden tractor???/Now RF hazard

Larry Goss rlgoss at insightbb.com
Tue Jan 26 07:38:10 PST 2010


RF can do funny things.  A colleague in Oklahoma used to tell me of their transmission building in Alaska having florescent tubes lying on the girders -- just the tubes.  They lit up without being connected to any power source.

When my uncle ran the "House of Magic" programs for GE back in the late 40's - early 50's, he generated enough radiation on stage that he could hold up a florescent tube and have just part of it light up by blocking the radiation with his hand and arm.  Fun stuff.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: pga2 at BasicISP.net
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:57
Subject: Re: [AT] Garden tractor???/Now RF hazard
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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> Probably not a lot, Charlie. The RF output goes up to the 
> antenna at the
> top of the tower and not much will be transmitted directly down 
> to the
> area you're mowing.
> 
> Phil
> 
> --- charliehill at embarqmail.com wrote:
> 
> From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Garden tractor???/Now RF hazard
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:28:11 -0500
> 
> He's certainly doing something he shouldn't unless he's staying 
> clear of the 
> area while the wood is cooking.
> 
> I've got a question for those that might know.  I used to 
> mow the guy wire 
> lanes for some transmission towers for a local broadcast 
> company.  There 
> were three towers.  One was a 100,000 Watt FM and the other 
> two were 50,000 
> watt.   The two smaller ones had a chain link fence 
> around the base of the 
> tower and the transmitter building with warning signs about RF 
> danger and I 
> never went inside them.   The area was covered in rock 
> and there was no need 
> to mow.  The big 100,000 watt station had a larger chain 
> link and a much 
> larger transmitter building.  On that one I mowed inside 
> and right up within 
> 4 feet of the base of the transmitter.   I've always 
> wondered how much RF 
> load I was getting and how much danger I was in while I was 
> right around the 
> base of that tower.   Anyone got thoughts on that?
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> 
> 
> > Gary,
> >
> > If someone hasn't already done it, he should be warned about 
> the health 
> > risks he is taking.
> >
> > Dean VP
> > Apache Junction, AZ
> >
> > When everyone is thinking the same, someone's not thinking!----
> General 
> > Patton
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Of K7jdj at aol.com
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> >
> > I recently meat an elderly gentleman that cut holes in a old 
> microwave> oven (front and back) to heat wood and bend etc it 
> for walking  sticks.
> > Definitely not OSHA approved!!
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > Renton, WA
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