Re: Can mobile phones destroy sensitive electronics?

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From: Spehro Pefhany
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 16:22

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In sci.electronics.components Steve Greenfield <polymorph@polyphoto.com> wrote:

> Wow. That must have been a -very- powerful walkie talkie. Aren't most
> cell phones transmitting only a few hundred milliwatts?

Several watts for the more powerful ones. 

> I can't help but think that this digital scientific gear was badly
> designed.

Possibly, though I can imagine some kinds of equipment that would, 
by its nature, be difficult to protect against strong RF fields. 

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