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Why in the world did you try this on yourself?
by aswanson 8y ago
Why in the world did you try this on yourself?
- madengr 8y agoCuriosity. Why not? It’s not inherently dangerous. I’ve had real RF burns from tuning high power microwave amps. The RADAR tick is EE folklore, from your brain expanding a few microns at the pulse rate. As I said, takes a huge power density to do this. Cataracts are an issue with long term exposure. I guess we’ll know in the near future if this group of people has a higher incidence of cataracts.
- subcosmos 8y agoIf it weren't for this kind of experimentation, the microwave oven would have never been invented!
- nickysielicki 8y agoTell me more about your microwave amp RF burns, are you into amateur EME comms?
- madengr 8y agoHam, yes. EME no (yet). Putting fingers down on 0.5 mm traces carrying 50W at S-band will char your skin. Just tuning amps with golf tees and copper lead frames.
- nickysielicki 8y agoI suppose you work in aerospace and/or DoD? Sounds like you are up to some very fun stuff. Man, I wish I has the foresight at 18 to study EE instead of going for CS.