I measured RF radiation from our cell phone when powered on but not in use, using our Electrosmog detector (this one: http://www.lessemf.com/rf.html#481) The detector did not register any radiation above background (between 0.2 and 0.8 microwatts per square meter). When I keyed the phone as if to make a call, the meter jumped up to near 200 microwatts per square meter. So our cell phone does not emit when not in use (that is not to say that others don't, however. Ours is about four years old at this point, a Samsung, don't know model number). Same thing with the cordless phone - no radiation when not in use, but jumped off the scale when keyed. Base unit, however, was off the scale all the time. We trashed our cordless phones as a result of the measurement. Likewise our Wi-Fi router. Turning on the microwave oven also pegged the meter, but we hardly ever use that, and it gives us a light over the cook stove, so we still have that.
Del ----- Original Message ----- From: bodhisattva To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 11:32 AM Subject: Re: CS>another question about cell phones Only when in use - but, of course, that is when you are holding it up to your ear. - incorrect, cell phones transmit even when not in use, and even when off in some cases. If you have a cordless house phone, the handset emits radiation only when in use. - incorrect, all modern cordless phone handsets transmit at all times, even when on the base.
