++++++++++++++++++ Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 15:06:50 -0400 From: Pete Burbank To: qrp-l at lehigh.edu Subject: [126295] Pacemaker info The Medtronic web site has a table telling what to avoid. Try http://medtronic.com 73 Pete NV4V ++++++++++++++++++ Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 15:42:21 -0400 From: Alex To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [126297] Re: Pacemaker info http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pacemaker.html 73s, --Alex +++++++++++++++++++ From: Nick Kennedy To: "'wa0goz at arrl.net'" , Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [126318] RE: Pacemaker/defibrillator and RF No first hand experience. If you evaluate the device precautions, discuss with your doctor, and decide it's OK to go on the air, you might consider additional precautions to minimize RF in the shack --- Use a balanced antenna--dipole or beam; not a longwire or similar. Use a choke balun on the coax in the shack. Have the antenna out and away from the shack. Not right above you. Maybe a field strength meter on the desk would be good to tell you something's gone out of balance. As someone else said, run QRP. 72 & GL-- Nick, WA5BDU -----Original Message----- From: wa0goz at arrl.net [SMTP:wa0goz at arrl.net] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:56 PM To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: Pacemaker/defibrillator and RF Seem's I'm going to have to have a pacemaker/defibrillator put in. In the booklets they gave me, it says to stay away from ham radio. Anyone have first hand experience with this? Thanks and 73, Henry WA0GOZ ++++++++++++++++++ Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 05:46:12 -0400 From: adamvaz at palm.net (Adam Vazquez) To: wa0goz at arrl.net, qrp-l at Lehigh.EDU Subject: [126330] Re: Pacemaker/defibrillator and RF wa0goz at arrl.net wrote on 5/6/02 10:55 pm: >Seem's I'm going to have to >have a >pacemaker/defibrillator put >in. In >the booklets they gave me, >it says to stay away from >ham radio. Anyone >have first hand experience >with this? > >Thanks and 73, > >Henry WA0GOZ > > Hello de Adam Kb2Jpd and FDNY EMS You are to have installed cardiac monitoring and correcting equipment in your body. For some reason, the original pacemaker in your heart and conducive fibers are creating abnormalities. [look up AV NODE, 1ST DEGREE HEART BLOCK]. The equipment installation at first is identical to installing a pacemaker. The difference in the surgical procedure will be the additional placement of the 'paddles' for shocking the heart back into sinus rthym. Should the defibrillator go off, activate EMS. Sometimes it will go off two or more times when sensing abnormalities. I have been told it is like been punched in the chest. Besides moderate RF Fields(in excess of 100w HF/50W VHF/40W UHF), you must now be weary of old microwave ovens, active RF inventory control systems, old radar guns, industrial RF Heating/Sealing systems and any medical device emitting or using a intense electromagnetic field. The buddy system with a knowledgable companion will be a necessity at Field Day or any location close to above apparatus. The documentation you have received was written for to offset legal liability. Consult your doctor and the ARRL Technical Support regarding your concerns. You wrote to the right group. QRP will be the way to go. 72/73 Adam Vazquez Kb2Jpd +++++++++++++++++++++