Re: RF energy (was: HV shocks)

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From: Scott Dorsey
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:29

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In article <1992Apr16.164958.8442@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> ulan@ee.ualberta.ca (Dale Ulan) writes:
>sat on...
>Anyways, the next day, the announcer said that the joke was on the 
>prankster, because with the amount of RF energy that he would have
>absorbed, he would probably not have to worry about having children for
>the rest of his life... I'm not sure if that RF zap would do that kind 
>of damage (maybe folklore??) but I wouldn't take the chance...

Strange, I climb an energized AM tower about once a month or so.  Has something
to do with being an engineer or something like that.  Hasn't seemed to do me
much harm, although I still have a few RF burns I am nursing from last week's
encounter with a sharp edge.
--scott

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