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 This entire thread continues to revolve about the idea that noise and
interference constitute increased possibility of damage.  That is just not so.
Just because RF radiation can interfere with operation does not mean that RF
will ever create damage.  Semiconductors are such susceptible to damage when
alone, but in systems they are resoundingly durable.   Just because the
operation can me interfered with by noise is absolutely no indication that it
will be damaged by increased noise.

  No properly designed electronics should be damaged by a mobile phone OR by
being adjacent to the powerful mobile phone base station.  This kind of damage
is so easy to avoid.  The amount of energy induced into leads and PC traces is
far below those implied in this thread.

"Sir Charles W. Shults III" wrote:

>     Perhaps this is an oversight, but you have omitted something very
> relevant and important.  In those days, many electronic devices had vacuum
> tubes and they are far less susceptible to this sort of damage.  Today,
> semiconductors are the rule and they can indeed be damaged by the lower
> power levels of today's cellphones.
>     On top of that, the frequencies are higher and can cause more damage
> with a given unit of power output.  And because of that, blasting caps can
> still be ignited by small transmitters even at lower output power levels.  I
> worked on missiles and defense ordnance at one point and any sort of
> transmitting hardware was strictly and sensibly prohibited within a defined
> radius due to the danger it represented.