Hi All, I read the article about the medical device using UHF, it said that there would be extra precautions taken to reject unwanted signals from outside sources.
Thats all fine & good, if it works. My concern is what happens when a patient who has this technology installed in his/her body & is exposed to a strong UHF signal & something goes wrong? I would not want to key up & have some body start having uncontollable involuntary movement &/or the lack of proper movement of a limb that could cause them to have an accident that results in injury &/or death. I am not so worried about interferrence from a device like this, because the power level would be so low. They are probably using somesort of digital mode anyway & I don't think that it would be on all the time. I am glad that they are working on ways to help people that have physical problems. But this is something that we should keep an eye on. Anytime anyone wants to use any of our bands for a non amateur radio purpose is always cause for concern. Thanks for the soap box. 73/75 de ka9jwx, Paul Lewis Webster SKCC #5322 John 3:16 Proud member of the; ARRL AARP NRA Handihams LiveFreeUSA Long:-87.334L (-87*20'3"W) Lat:41.4967N (41*29'48"N) EN61HL Merrillville, Indiana, USA ;-) --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Chris Read <[email protected]> wrote: From: Chris Read <[email protected]> Subject: [InHam] Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), ET Docket 09-36 To: "KY Ham" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "IndyHams" <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], "Bob Poortinga" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "Phil Racine" <[email protected]>, "Rickey Singleton" <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], "K4UOL" <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], "Larry Brown" <[email protected]>, "kevin kaufhold" <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], "Edwin Scott" <[email protected]>, "DELBERT FELIX" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "Steve Jewell - WR9G" <[email protected]>, "Stephen D. Jewell, WR9G" <[email protected]>, "Todd Sprinkmann" <[email protected]>, "KB9UFG Mike Levato" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "Dan Evans" <[email protected]> Cc: "Ben Read" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "WA9FDO Mike" <[email protected]>, "Don Stewart" <[email protected]>, "Edwin Scott" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "KB9UFG Mike Levato" <[email protected]>, "WD9DAN Dan" <[email protected]>, "Steve Jewell - WR9G" <[email protected]>, "WB9OPR" <[email protected]>, "K9YDO" <[email protected]>, "WA9ZCE Dave" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "N9EHT Doug" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "K9JRI" <[email protected]>, "K4UOL" <[email protected]>, "Richard OAndrews" <[email protected]>, "N9JSU" <[email protected]>, "Rickey Singleton" <[email protected]>, "WB9VIF Preston" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "KC9CQU" <[email protected]>, "John Gardner" <[email protected]>, "Hank Wolfla" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "Johnnie C. Mayfield" <[email protected]>, "Gary Hughes" <[email protected]>, "John Mayberry" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 8:44 PM FYI On March 20, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), ET Docket 09-36, which proposes a medical micro-power network service (MMNS) using four 6-MHz wide channels in the 413-457 MHz range. One specific band, 420-450 MHz, is problematic for Amatuer Radio Operators, because it includes the 70cm band. This micro-power service would use implanted neuromuscular stimulators that would communicate using the bands listed above. See the attached file; notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), ET Docket 09-36 7 3 Chris ~ WD9BGQ -----Inline Attachment Follows----- ______________________________________________________________ InHam mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/inham Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
