Obvious hoax. Consider how hot popcorn has to get to pop. Do you feel any heating with a cell phone next to your body? Less intuitively, consider the difference in power density levels. The smallest microwave generates hundreds of Watts of rf power, the typical oven generates over a kilowatt. Further, the microwave oven is a mode-stirred chamber, a reverberation chamber: all that energy is contained in a small volume and forced to bang around until absorbed by the item placed within the cavity. That's why you're not supposed to operate the oven empty - with nothing to absorb the energy, it can reflect back into the magnetron and damage it. Imagine you had a 500 Watt TWTA driving a 20 dBi standard gain horn. I'm taking bets from anyone on the list or off that you put a bag of popcorn in front of that horn and nothing happens. Let alone a cell phone.
Ken Javor Ph. 256/650-5261 Quoting "James, Chris" <[email protected]>: > Anyone care to comment on whether popping pop-corn with mobile (cell) > phones is a reality? > > A number of video clips are appearing on the internet demonstrating it > but it could of course be contrived: > > > http://www.koreus.com/video/telephone-portable-mais-popcorn.html > <BLOCKED::http://www.koreus.com/video/telephone-portable-mais-popcorn.ht > ml> > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential > information intended for a specific individual and purpose. If you > are not the intended recipient, delete this message. If you are > not the intended recipient, disclosing, copying, distributing, or > taking any action based on this message is strictly prohibited. > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Scott Douglas [email protected] > Mike Cantwell [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > David Heald: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
