Paolo: Assuming that she was not wearing shoes at the time, then as she stepped back, with her feet already wet, she was likely still reasonably well grounded to the conductive concrete pool edge. I'll bet the explanation is more likely to be multipath cancellation; the RF null created by the addition of multiple signal reflections. Proving this might be difficult, since the null would be the product of ever reflection present in the pool vicinity that day. The position of every conductive object would need to be recreated.
Regards, Ed :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-) Ed Price [email protected] Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Systems San Diego, CA. USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Services Is Our Specialty Shake-Bake-Shock - Metrology - Reliability Analysis :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Roncone Paolo [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 3:19 PM > To: '[email protected] ' > Subject: Cell phones and humans > > > > Group, > the subject of possible biological effects of cell phones is > having a lot of > attention these days and it was already touched in this > forum. I'd like to > get opinions about what my wife just told me. I don't know > if this should > be classified as "influence of cell phones on humans" or "influence of > humans on cell phones". The story is as follows: > my wife was talking on her cell phone while walking by a > swimming pool. As > she steppen right on the wet border of the pool (she was bare > foot) the line > went down. But just after stepping back on dry ground (just a > step or two > back, so the signal level shouldn't have changed so much) the > line got back > and she was able to resume her conversation. She told me she > didn't step > back again on the water, just to check if the phenomenon was > repeatable. I > honestly don't know if this is even worth of attention > because of course > it's not a "laboratory" or just even a "controlled" experiment. But if > anyone out there has any guess or thinks there is an > explanation... that > would be welcome !! > > Paolo > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
