[Ham-Mac] Re: WiFi

[Chris Smolinski]

Yes, I've been giggling at the "radiation" discussions on Macintouch
going on over the last few days. But then these are the same folks who,
sitting on a jury, will no doubt gladly award billions on dollars in
damages against Nokia, Motorola, etc in the upcoming cellular lawsuits
that local attorney Peter Angelos is already working on (he made his
first big bucks in the asbestos lawsuits, and personally netted over $1
Billion from heading Maryland's tobacco shakedown, er, lawsuits). But I
digress...

Perhaps one of the members of this list who is RF safety savvy could
write a short email to Macintouch, to set things straight?

Sadly, Macintouch has really gone downhill in the last year or so. I'm
not sure if they're having financial difficulties or what, but the
"updates" occur later each day, and with less valuable content each
time. Perhaps just another sign of the dot com bubble bursting. It also
seems that readership is way down. It used to be that getting a program
release listed there would generate *thousands* of downloads in a single
day, now it is one or two hundred at best. 

73
Chris
N3JLY


David Allred wrote:
> 
> > Subject: Airport microwave hazard?
> >
> > Recently a Mac technician wrote about her worries about dangerous microwave
> emissions from airport cards and hubs.
> >
> >
> > "Regarding Airport:
> >
> > Wireless is a great idea. Unfortunately, the frequency that airport (and all
> other 802.11b DSSS wireless devices) operate at is in the high end of the
> microwave band. So , if you are wary of microwave ovens and microwave dishes,
> you ought to be concerned about sitting right near a device that emits waves
> like a microwave oven (but without the insulation).
> >
> > You can place your Airport far away (wave strength drops off exponentially
> with distance), but what about the Airport card in your computer or laptop?
> (Cooked organs, anyone?) Remember, the signal strength travels 150 feet in ALL
> directions."
> >
> > This worries me as I have my whole house and 4 Macs running on an Airport hub
> and cards with a cable modem. I have my teenage kids using them too.
> >
> > Any idea if this is really a hazard or just alarmist?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Phil Zimmermann
> 
> This stuff is being published as useful information: "The Macintouch wireless
> report has been by far the most useful wireless networking info I've found on
> the web..."
> 
> Find more of these gems at: http://www.macintouch.com/wirelesslanreader7.html