I’m completely clueless about HAM radio systems. I keep hearing that they can harm the user if the user doesn’t know what they are doing.

Question

Since I know nothing about this subject, I decided to come to because it’s probably best if it’s explained that way.

How do these radios hurt people? Have people been hurt before?

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Answer 1

I am sure people have been hurt putting up ham radio antennas or working on the radio itself when they don’t know what they are doing.

Seriously though, there has been recent discussion of possible tissue damage from electromagnetic radiation. RF energy is really all over though so unless you’re sensitive to that I wouldn’t worry about it.