Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture
Date	2026-08-18 02:48 +0000
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On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:47:08 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2026-08-17, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> 2.4Ghz will happily do a miles as many RC modelers have found. Just
>>> not with trees in the way.
>>
>> Living trees are quite full of lots of water, which is a very good 2.4G
>> signal absorbing medium.
> 
> Good point.  There's a reason microwave ovens operate at 2.45 GHz.

More than one. If you only wanted to heat water the optimal frequency 
would be quite a bit higher. However that would increase the problem of 
the center of the mass not being heated very well.

The dielectric heaters I worked with were around 100 MHz and used the near 
field effect. The material was placed inside the two plates of a 
capacitor. It heats the material more uniformly but isn't practical for a 
counter top unit. 

I worked in that field before consumer microwaves were widely used but it 
didn't take long for the factory workers to discover that what could heat 
a phenolic preform worked well with pizza. We had one of the smaller units 
in engineering that was great for reviving day old pastries from the 
bakery down the street.

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The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-14 23:33 +0000
  Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-14 21:35 -0400
    Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-15 07:13 -0700
      Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-16 02:14 -0400
        Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-17 19:26 +0000
          Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-17 20:58 +0100
            Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-17 20:47 +0000
              Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 00:47 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-17 22:31 -0400
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-18 13:36 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 17:18 +0100
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-18 22:00 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 22:45 -0400
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-19 03:17 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 03:58 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 03:47 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 02:48 +0000

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