hi Declan, > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:49:21AM -0800, Alexandre Souza enlightened us > thusly > > > > > > > An interesting idea for testing your microwave cooker was passed to > > > my wife. If you want to test your Microwave oven for leakage, put > > > your mobile phone inside, and call it. If it rings, the microwaves > > > got in, so they could get out, therefore it's leaking. > > > > GREAT tip!!! Thanks, Declan! > > > > > I am suspicious of it - the failure rate seems high. I was hoping > someone would have an informed idea about the logic of it. This is a > good place to havbe it shot down. You see, air can get in and out of a > microwave, can't it? > if the orifices are small (< 1/20 .. 1/10) compared to wavelength, nearly no RF energy can pass. Here lambda = c / f = (3e8 / 2.45e9) m = 0.122 m = 12.2 cm
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