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   Message 1,177 of 2,531   
   Bob Seaborn to Daryl Stout   
   XRF PROBLEMS   
   14 Jul 16 09:43:00   
   
    > 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"??   
    > === MultiMail/Win32 v0.50   
    > --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32   
    >  * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org (1:19/33)   
      
      
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