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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
How did your friend ever get a lethal dose of microwaves?

I'll take an educated guess at it. The Ray-Dome {sp} of a carrier could do it most likely. I worked on the ships cooling systems for the electronics systems. There was some nasty RF hazards on the mast including ships radar.

To check the Ray Dome I had to get an Electrocics Tech to go up with me and he had to make certain it was secured first. If someone was working in the mast an announcement went out over the ship every 15 minutes "The Mast is secure while men are working aloft".

35 posted on 03/28/2011 3:57:04 AM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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To: cva66snipe

Probably the most hazardous radar on any carrier is the SPS-49. It is 10 kW average power. (Marine navigation radar, whether high seas units or leisure craft, run about 1/2 W, typically.) Your microwave oven is about 1 kW, but the food is right up against the feed. The power density at the reflector of the ‘49 is still only about 0.3 mW per cm-squared, as opposed to occupational standards of 5 mW/cm^2. Like I said, you really have to try to die of microwave exposure.


57 posted on 03/28/2011 8:08:39 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Sulzberger Family Motto: Trois generations d'imbeciles, assez)
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