[ot] microwave and wifi

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 09:58 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> 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.

If anybody knows this stuff, it's Lonnie! I think he came into this
world with an RF meter in his hand! :) Ric


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