I'm sure Jim Brown will advise you to read his tutorials, but, basically, keep rf out of the shack.
73 David G3UNA > Larry I do RFI engineering. Pacemakers are a lot like avionics relative to > ham > radio. The working spectrums for pacemakers, avionics, and ham radios are > widely > separated by both frequency and function. The probability of their mutual > interaction is very small. Unfortunately the penalty for even small errors > in > pacemakers or avionics is very high. The testing is extensive but there is > no > way one can conceive of all error modes therefore testing will always be > incomplete. > > Also the designers of pacemakers are usually focused on medical function > and may > miss critical RFI errors. > > Use your skills learned in ham radio to follow the electronics of your own > pacemaker. Pay particular attention to how the doctor adjusts the > pacemaker. > This is not so you can do your own tweaking. Rather this is to avoid > inadvertent > ham radio actions that may also effect your pacemaker. Knowledge is your > best > defense. > > 73 > de Fred, AE6QL > > > > > I'm getting a Pacemaker installed. > > Has anyone heard of RFI issues with Pacemakers? > > > > de K2GN - Larry <mailto:[email protected]> - http://k2gn.com > <http://k2gn.com/> > > > K3 S/N - 3278 P3 S/N - 51 LPA500 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft 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
