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Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave?

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benj <none@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/24/2016 02:17 AM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
>>> In article <nct6bl$1rj$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>   Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dne 22/03/2016 v 22:43 Sergio napsal(a):
>>>>> On 3/22/2016 3:16 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
>>>>>> Can you call a cell phone in the microwave?
>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4_jVFXxUU
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do cell phones placed in a microwave still receive signals? What is
>>>>>>> the difference between microwave oven radiation and the signals used
>>>>>>> by your phone?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> put your cellie in the microwave for 10 min on high.
>>>>>
>>>>> report back here on what happened.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Question is not related to active oven mode.
>>>>
>>>> But as frequency of cell phone signal 900-1800 MHz
>>>> is similar to one of Microwave oven - AFAIK 2400 MHz ,
>>>> attenuation of the Faraday cage of the oven shielding
>>>> should be comparable.
>>>
>>> The metal box should work fine as a shield. The choke-joint door seal,
>>> maybe not. To work properly, it needs to be very close to a quarter-wave
>>> at the desired frequency.
>>>
>>> Isaac
>>
>> A quarter wave at 2.45 GHz is 3 cm.
>>
>> I just looked at my microwave and there is nothing on the door that is
>> anywhere near 3 cm in size.
>>
> 
> I guess that means the door doesn't "work properly", jimp!
 
To me it means that there is nothing on the door that is frequency dependant.
 

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Jim Pennino

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Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 15:16 -0500
  Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-03-22 20:57 +0000
    Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2016-03-22 21:50 -0700
      Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-03-23 07:04 -0700
  Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-03-22 16:43 -0500
    Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-03-23 05:37 +0100
      Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-03-23 11:11 -0500
      Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2016-03-23 21:05 -0700
        Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-03-24 06:17 +0000
          Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 10:55 -0400
            Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-03-24 19:17 +0000
          Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 08:22 -0700
            Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-03-24 16:06 -0500
              Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 05:49 -0700
                Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 13:47 -0400
                Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-03-26 21:23 -0500
                Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? Virgil <VIRGIL@VIRGIL.com> - 2016-03-27 00:13 -0600
                Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-03-27 05:32 -0700
            Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 11:40 -0700
          Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2016-03-24 22:55 -0700
            Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 05:18 -0400
              Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-03-25 18:11 +0000
              Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2016-03-25 21:39 -0700
                Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-03-26 05:08 +0000
                Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 01:57 -0400
                Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-03-26 17:57 +0000
            Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-03-25 18:10 +0000
  Re: Can you call a cell phone in the microwave? James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-03-29 21:31 -0700

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