is it safe to use a handheld tranceiver at 5W?

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Post by slipknot »

Bonez wrote:If you listen to a metro repeater channel and hear the all of the spastics on there you will quickly find out really how much damage 5W can do to you...

Just kidding :)

Good joke. They are idiots, and Thats another thing, why erect more cb repeaters if all the operators use them for is being stupid.
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Post by Tyranus »

Bonez wrote: Some of us are normal, some others are not so normal!
I gave up trying to be normal a long long time ago. It was getting too boring and the voices were getting upset...Now I thrive on being "abnormal". Having said that, I can't use CB unless I'm on simplex in a convoy, can't be bothered listening to the repeater trash.
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Post by VK6LD »

Zebedee wrote:
vk6hgr wrote:Well I dunno about CB but amateurs have had their heads in close proximity to high RF fields for a long time, and we're all perfectly normal...
Hmmmmmmmmm ;)
One only has to look at Hamsexy.com to realise that we are perfectly normal human beings. :lol:
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Post by Zebedee »

vk6jrc wrote:
Zebedee wrote:
vk6hgr wrote:Well I dunno about CB but amateurs have had their heads in close proximity to high RF fields for a long time, and we're all perfectly normal...
Hmmmmmmmmm ;)
One only has to look at Hamsexy.com
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Post by VK6DF »

freq and power do pay a big part and it probably would have some ill effect eventually.. uhf at 5w in my face all the time wouldnt make me happy, mind you working with the 400w hf transmitters had me a little worried as well.
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