Re: Ricochet and various wireless (was: Re: [PLUG] key-signing Thursday?)

[Noah silva <nsilva@atari-source.com>]

You could make an interesting toy by combining a microwave oven with a
Primestar dish, btw ;)  (air at your neighbor's house to see what you can
"cook", etc.)

 -- noah silva

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Paul wrote:

> Here's one for you:
> "The FDA regulations requires new oven manufactures to limit radiation 
> leakage to less that 1 mW/cm2.  Any leakage that exceeds 5 mW/cm2 at a 
> distance of 2 inches from a microwave oven  is prohibited. (FDA Part 
> 1030. 10c)"
> 
> What is the radiation level of a 100mW NIC at two inches?
> 
> > Here's a quote for you:
> >
> > "The signal's 2.4GHz microwave frequency matches the resonance 
> > frequency of water and ice. The signal swiftly loses strength when 
> > passing through the hotel walls, says Sylvan, expending its energy on 
> > heating up the water. A microwave oven operates on the same principle, 
> > he explains, although with the power levels used by the Spectrum24 
> > network equipment--100 milliwatts, compared to 1,000 watts or more for 
> > a microwave--there's little danger that ordering a vodka tonic will 
> > melt a hole through the building. "
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 


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