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Re: [TowerTalk] Pacemaker

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Pacemaker
From: Chuck Tifft via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Chuck Tifft <chuckw6rd@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:52:47 -0700
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Pacemakers have been fairly RF proof for a long time. I have gone through 2, and am 3 years into the third. ( Battery Life is only about 5 to 7 years, and then they replace the whole unit) I am a TV Broadcast RF engineer, my job is to maintain a 90KW and  80 KW UHF transmitters. I have never had an issue, ever. Ham wise I run legal limit 160M through 10M on a 60'X100' lot. Again no issues.
Good luck with the ICD

73's Chuck
W6RD

On 9/18/2018 4:26 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 9/18/2018 4:13 PM, Russ Dearmore via TowerTalk wrote:
I may be getting a pacemaker and was wondering if I have to relocate my transmitter and Alpha 8410 amp or what do others do to keep from becoming a SK?

RF is radiated by antennas, not transmitters (unless something is broken in your shack), so spacing to antennas is what matters. This would be a good time to check on the quality of all coax and coax connectors, making sure that none are JUNK or are poorly installed. All should be properly soldered and wrench tight. JUNK is defined as any coax connector that doesn't have Amphenol or a MIL-spec number stamped onto it. This also applies to adapters.

Last I heard, pacemakers were not susceptible to MF and HF. Read the info on the one you're getting.

73, Jim K9YC

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