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Re: Microwawe detector (microwave oven safety) ?

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From: Glenn A Sullivan
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 06:30
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In article <1993Jan19.095610.5677@cli.di.unipi.it>, luigi@iet.unipi.it writes:
> 
> Is there any device to check whether a microwave oven is safe, i.e. it has
> no microwave spills, the safety switches on the door work, etc. ?
> 

Make thee a dipole antenna, resonating at 2500MHz (??), and instead of
connecting the two wavelength/4 parts of the antenna to coax or to a balun,
install a Schottky diode (Hewlett-Packard HP5082-2835). Measure the
voltage across the diode.

Allen Sullivan
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From: gsulliva@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Glenn A Sullivan)
Subject: Re: Microwawe detector (microwave oven safety) ?
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Summary: Use a Schottky diode and dipole to detect power
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