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echo: amateur_radio
to: Daryl Stout
from: Bob Seaborn
date: 2016-07-14 09:43:00
subject: XRF PROBLEMS

> Bob,
 >
 >BS> This totally sounds like a prison, me, I would NEVER consider living
 >BS> under those conditions.  As far as RF interfering with medical
 >BS> equipment, there is nothing they (or anyone else) can do about vistor's
 >BS> vehicles using two-way radios, and I'm yet to see any form of emergency
 >BS> (or security) vehicle not have a two-way radio of some kind, usually
 >BS> capable of transmitting with serious power..
 >
 >   While in some respects it may seem like it, some days, it's very
 > difficult for me to get around the apartment...let alone elsewhere.
 > Somedays, it's very difficult to get in and out of my car.


For that and your medical conditions, you have my sympathies.



 >
 >   Society is too litigious...they'll sue at the drop of a hat. If they
 > sued for public flatulence, everyone would be under the jail.


I beg to differ.  You forgot one word above, "American Society is too
litigious".  I am Canadian, living in Canada, and Canadians typically
do not go sue-crazy.  :)


 >
 >BS> I do know that my DV4Mini transmits with 1.2 milliwatts, and my Icom
 >BS> ID-31 transmits with less than one watt.  That's considerably less than
 >BS> a typical wi-fi router radiates.
 >
 >   Unfortunately, there is no D-Star Repeater in central Arkansas that
 > ison the Gateway. The one they have is available to folks with D-Star
 > radios
 > only. With all the trees around me, I can't even hit a wide area
 > coverage
 > analog repeater on Shinall Mountain, west of Little Rock.
 >
 >   Plus, with not even getting $1100 a month in disability, I can't
 > afford
 > to get a D-Star HT, a DV4Mini, a Raspberry Pi, etc. I joke that "I
 > don'tknow much about a Raspberry Pi, but a pineapple upside down
 > cheesecake
 > sounds awfully good". (hi hi)
 >
 > Daryl, WX1DER
 >
 > ... Does "MNP-5" mean "Modem needs a 5 topping pizza"??
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