[ot] microwave and wifi

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>>> What's the frequency of waves used in microwave oven?
>> 2.4GHz
>> Inside the cavity: several hundred watts up to 1 KW.
>>> What about that of Wi-Fi network?
>> 2.4 GHz for 802.11b
>> Typical wireless card is +15dbm (32 milliwatts).
>
> So Wi-Fi is just a tamed version of a microwave oven?

No.  Just because two different signals use the same frequency doesn't 
mean that they are the same signals.  Signals have many components, 
including frequency & amplitude.

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