Hi Tom,

TOM WALKER wrote in a message to RICHARD WEBB:

RW>True, and this makes me wonder about all those folks with a cell phone
RW>constantly glued to their ears. Remember, many of us had questions about the
RW>right way to operate a vhf/uhf fm handheld transceiver for rf safety on our
RW>license tests.  Yah I know, some of them transmit up to 3-5 watts on high
RW>power.

TW> Microwave ovens are up in the 2000 Mhz range. And use FAR more power
TW> then a Cell phone. And since the heating effect is Highly Frequency
TW> dependent 800 Mhz, considering the low power levels is not a problem
TW> for the majority of the users. Now those that have the phone "Glued
TW> to their ear do seem to become Terminaly Stupid. BUT I thing that is
TW> more genetic rather than any actual brain damage, particualrly when
TW> Driving.
ADd to this the distraction of the phone.  Would tend to agree on the
genetics part quite a bit though .

TW> When you get down to the Ham 2 meter range even 5 watts is
TW> contributing little to No heating to the Human tissue.
Probably so, but they do ask some questions about it.

Regards,
           Richard
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