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Article #63Re: It's the RF that destroys the equipment
From: Rod Speed
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 21:56
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 21:56
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John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandSNIP_THIStechnology.com> wrote in message news:ZVEFO9gSFF7pZOoB9FFoXy=cdkUx@4ax.com... > As a practical matter, a cell phone emits puny amounts of power. > While you *might* temporarily disrupt the operation of a poorly-shielded > device (semiconductor junctions could rectify the RF and make DC > offsets in the millivolt range) a cell phone doesn't have anything > like the energy density to kill a semiconductor. There are lots of far > more powerful RF sources around - ham radio, airport radars, > AM/FM/TV transmitters- Much further away from the device that can be damaged. > and they don't zap things. They do when its close enough. Aircraft radar system particularly can blow the shit out of the front end of other systems if they are activated on the ground.
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