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

[charliehill]

There is an "urban legend" around these parts about a guy who lived right 
up against the fence of a Navy Base in the Norfolk, Va. Beach area of VA. 
He was supposedly a radar expert that worked for the base.  He built some 
sort of antenna/concentrator that he used to gather RF from the radar at the 
base and was powering his house with it until the base found out and made 
him stop.

I have no idea if that is possible or true.  It was told to me by a guy who 
worked there at the same time.  He was also some sort of radar tech and he 
seemed to believe it.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:38 AM
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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
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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"
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> 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
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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
> >
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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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