A few years back I was told to avoid walking under, or staying under the tailboom for a prolonged period of time on a running helicopter because the radio waves the Radar Altimeter produced could be dangerous to your "private parts". Is there any truth to that, and if so, many people in the offshore industry is, has, will be exposed to the radio waves many times a day when they work as heliguards. The radio waves are after all quite powerfull, but I thought they stopped transmitting as soon as you landed?
We are having a discussion at work about it and I would very much appreciate any inputs you might have on the issue.
