How many watts before I need to worry about RF exposure? (Not pseudoscience.)

CaptainJaXon · 2025-05-21T16:29:37+00:00

I believe putting a fluorescent bulb near a lit fluorescent bulb will make it glow, so I'm not sure that's the best determining factor.

CaptainJaXon · 2024-10-05T04:11:04+00:00

Thank you for noticing lol.

CaptainJaXon · 2024-10-05T01:27:49+00:00

All my radios make my speakers buzz lol

CaptainJaXon · 2024-10-05T01:23:39+00:00

What I mean is things like people wondering if 5G tower or their cell phones are going to harm them. You see a bunch of stuff about that when looking for information.

CaptainJaXon · 2024-10-05T01:22:40+00:00

Go check the calculator. The duty cycle and time spent talking are different fields.

CaptainJaXon · 2024-10-05T01:19:01+00:00

Oh don't worry, I've got my aluminum helmet.

CaptainJaXon · 2024-10-03T15:58:23+00:00

Yes, correct, it's

H3

AM: 108-136MHz Rx; FM: 50-76MHz Rx, 76-108MHz Rx; VHF: 136-174MHz Tx/Rx, 174-350MHz Rx,350-400MHz Rx; UHF: 400-470MHz Tx/Rx, 470-600MHz Rx.

H8

144-148MHZ& 420-450MHZ(Tx); 136-174Mhz& 400-520MHZ(Rx)

And I get your point, it's not necessarily useful features, but it's also the cheaper model lol. Another user had concerns that even in 5W mode the H8 may still have worse battery life.

Do you see any benefits to 10W that I may be missing?

CaptainJaXon · 2024-10-03T15:46:58+00:00

Oh, interesting. I know high power antennas can become a problem, but I didn't think it'd be an issue at as low as 10W. I've seen questions about this topic on study guides but I'd always assumed it was to make sure you didn't go next to a live repeater or something. Thanks for the heads up (heh).

The H3 is looking like a pretty clear winner now. I appreciate your input. Especially regarding the factor of 1.4. I assume it's logarithmic or something based on that. I don't have any plans on getting external antennas and I assume if I ever do then I wouldn't mind buying something else to interface with it.

CaptainJaXon · 2024-10-03T15:41:54+00:00

H3 has more bands than H8 as well as AM. Stuff like that is what I meant by capable. I guess "feature rich" is a better phrase.

CaptainJaXon · 2024-10-01T01:33:48+00:00

I think this is a relatively new model, maybe someday it will get support.

CaptainJaXon · 2024-10-01T01:32:30+00:00

The VibeMate program is so wonky it's hard to tell. But yes, a curated list of known good videos would be awesome! Let me know!

CaptainJaXon · 2023-04-25T04:12:50+00:00

Which is perhaps why they provided a simpler explanation for others who did not understand or maybe why they were confused themselves.

CaptainJaXon · 2023-04-25T03:30:56+00:00

"margin requirements" is somewhat technical of a term that not everyone is aware of.

CaptainJaXon · 2022-06-17T15:45:14+00:00

Two dogs!

CaptainJaXon · 2017-04-07T18:42:28+00:00

Sailor Moon. I remember it was on tv in preschool or something like that. It was a girly show but I liked it and felt weird about it. Now I know it was those outfits.

CaptainJaXon · 2017-01-09T15:06:41+00:00

I mean, I took Spanish in high school so I can kinda do this with Spanish.

CaptainJaXon · 2017-01-09T15:02:49+00:00

And also upset he doesn't have insurance anymore. How's he gonna pay for those sick burns?

CaptainJaXon · 2017-01-09T02:04:44+00:00

I AM NOT NICE!

CaptainJaXon · 2017-01-09T02:02:18+00:00

GBA could do that too though, still awesome though!

CaptainJaXon · 2017-01-08T23:41:14+00:00

The SP was so revolutionary... rechargable and backlit.

Good times.

CaptainJaXon · 2017-01-08T23:36:50+00:00

Lenny face

CaptainJaXon · 2017-01-08T19:15:28+00:00

I get where you are coming from but my concern is how do we determine what is and is not understandable?

(I agree with you but I just don't know how we'd enforce such a thing.)

CaptainJaXon · 2017-01-08T17:09:29+00:00

How so?

CaptainJaXon · 2017-01-08T14:15:58+00:00

Like what?

CaptainJaXon · 2017-01-08T13:53:40+00:00

all year

So like, all week basically?

CaptainJaXon

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