Posted on 01/23/2005 7:05:01 PM PST by aculeus
Aw, c'mon man! If you're going to use 'tech-speak' in your posts...ya gotta get it right.
The proper phrase is "boogity-boogity".
Hey, for £750,000 I'll take them seriously too!
>>I can easily believe that long-term exposure to EM emissions, even on low power, can be damaging to your health.<<
I look at it this way: too much exposure to water can get you killed too, especially if you're wearing cement overshoes.
Anything in the frequency of x-rays and above produces ionization directly through absorption or scattering of the incident photon, which is harmful, in sufficient quantities, to biological systems, because of the inhibiting of essential biochemical reactions, and the breakdown of long-chain molecules. Direct ionization requires incident energy quanta sufficient to remove electrons from the atoms they are bound to. Below a given threshold, ionization will not occur, but thermal effects, as noted in earlier posts, can be significant if field strengths are high enough. RF can produce ionization (like in the ion bottles of accelerators) but that is essentially a thermal effect. The free electrons are accelerated to high velocities by the oscillating field and collisions eventually strip other electrons from their associated atoms.
"It's the other way around. The absorption ends up as heat and efficiency of absorption depends on the relationship of half wavelength to say radius of part absorbing. "
It's the "Magnetic" portion at lower frequencies......It's the "Electro" portion at higher frequencies. At least that's what the standard on electromagnetic exposure says.....
Perhaps they need to readjust their tin-foil hats? The shielding effect is directly related to the fit, don't ya know.
Only if the human touches the wires. :-)
We had a huge case of "stray radiation" case here in Michigan aCorrection: I believe those/that was termed "Stray Voltage".
"stray radiation" is a whole 'nother field ...
From Douglas J. Reinemann, Wisconsin Extension Engineer:
It has been know for over a century that high-power RF transmissions can have a harmful effect on humans.How did they develop those high-power "high-power RF transmissions" in 1905 anyway?
Putting your hand 3 feet in front of the emitter would result in a warm, tingly feeling on your skin.50 or 100 mW 3 feet out isn't going to be felt - it was your imagination and the 'power of suggestion' that did it!
(I've personally repaired the bias circuits that power those Gunn diodes (no joke - that's what they're called!) in models like the old MPH Industries model XR-10)
Good thing I have a grounding strap!
Background of the HAARP ProjectHave you ever heard HAARP?
Many dozens of people have, near 80 Meters and also near 40 M.
This is the first I've heard of HAARP.That was his intent - to scare!Sounds dangerous.
Why do you think they called the early ones radar ranges?That was a TRADE NAME intentionally used by RAYTHEON.
The Raytheon Corporation produced the first commercial microwave oven in 1954; it was called the 1161 Radarange. It was large, expensive, and had a power of 1600 watts. The first domestic microwave oven was produced in 1967 by Amana (a division of Raytheon).
if you were/are in communication, that is, working in a com-center you would know. a com-center in a screen room that keeps ALL signals inside the area.Cite or reference please?
Like radiation - rf is invisible and undetectable to the naked eye. But it's still there causing problems.Hmmm ... like when nature lets loose with one of her real zingers?
Ka-pow! and there goes your static wire, the transmission class surge supressor and the potential transformer all in one shot!
Sounds like he was building a feriday cage to protect his electronics and computers in case of a eletromagnetic pulse weapon.Well, he'd better do more than just build the fabled 'Faraday cage' - he'd better build something to block that pesky H-field component as well!
(It's all the rage around the semi-elite techy types; mentioned 'Faraday cage' when discussing RF and you'll generate ooohs and aaahs and be regarded as a genius when the truth is any physicist will say that you have solved only half the problem - the E-field - with a Faraday cage!)
Sorry about that. I had been led to believe that "booga-booga" was an acceptable derivation by the local rep for ChickenLittle Corp. Obviously, they haven't been keeping up with company policy. :)
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