Subject: [NEXTEL-1] TDMA crashes pacemakers?

From: Jack Daniel <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:51:09 -0800

A study by the British government's Medical Devices Agency has found
that public safety radios on the Terrestrial Trunked Radio
System--TETRA--can adversely impact heart pacemakers, defibrillators and
ventilators when used inside medical care facilities.  The TETRA
technology is planned for use in 50 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia
and Latin America. 

If this is true, has anyone checked to see what a TDMA system like iDEN
would do in the same kinds of tests.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993083

Maybe we should have a warning like on cigarettes;
Direct Connect may cause pace maker faioures and possible death.

But I could be wrong......
Jack Daniel

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