nigelmercier
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My point exactly.
Radar emmissions and Health and Safety
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My point exactly.
Beadle
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An old friend of mine spent several years as "Sparks" on a cable ship.
When landing in some strange port (and they landed in some very strange ones) the crew all used to stand in front of the radar scanner before having a run ashore.
They regarded as either a contraceptive or a preventive for some of the diseases sailors in furrin parts were prone to.
He saw no evidence of the effectiveness - in any area.
The sailors all seemed unaffected - when the alcohol wore off.
When landing in some strange port (and they landed in some very strange ones) the crew all used to stand in front of the radar scanner before having a run ashore.
They regarded as either a contraceptive or a preventive for some of the diseases sailors in furrin parts were prone to.
He saw no evidence of the effectiveness - in any area.
The sailors all seemed unaffected - when the alcohol wore off.
grumpy_o_g
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A microwave that leaked 2KW for a few microseconds and then shutdown for a few seconds then yes I'd be happy to be within a couple of metres though prefereably with my back to it. If I could avoid it I would but I wouldn't get hung up about it.
lw395
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I've worked in the Radar industry, among other branches of RF electronics.
It's a bit of a grey area. Lots is known about the obvious heating effects of microwaves, less about the more subtle effects. In the mobile phone industry, some people have shown responses to the packet rate of digital phones. In the lab, it's usual to avoid radiating more than 10milliwatts. We take great precautions with any real power, but that may be because I'm old enough to have worked with people who told stories about people they knew who'd gone blind from various experiments and failures.
Apparently the eyes and the testes are the most susceptible organs.
There's a saying in the industry that real radar engineers don't have sons, only daughters, it was possible to support this by looking at the biographies of various people in the industry. But anyone with a son tended to be explained away as a theorist or manager who never got their hands dirty.
OTOH Plessey Radar was on the IoW, and it could be the water over there or something.
It's a bit of a grey area. Lots is known about the obvious heating effects of microwaves, less about the more subtle effects. In the mobile phone industry, some people have shown responses to the packet rate of digital phones. In the lab, it's usual to avoid radiating more than 10milliwatts. We take great precautions with any real power, but that may be because I'm old enough to have worked with people who told stories about people they knew who'd gone blind from various experiments and failures.
Apparently the eyes and the testes are the most susceptible organs.
There's a saying in the industry that real radar engineers don't have sons, only daughters, it was possible to support this by looking at the biographies of various people in the industry. But anyone with a son tended to be explained away as a theorist or manager who never got their hands dirty.
OTOH Plessey Radar was on the IoW, and it could be the water over there or something.
Joshua020
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Really interesting
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