The bluetooth headset is transmitting when you talk however the
transmit power level is low. For example, the Jabra Bluetooth headset
transmits at 2.5 milliwatts (mW). A cellphone normally transmits at several
hundred milliwatts. I'd rather have 2.5 mW next to my brain rather than
300 mW.
jack
sean bonner wrote:
what about a bluetooth headset? it's not really broadcasting anything,
just latching onto the network already there from your phone?
> >> I've heard that headseats and other devices offer little, or no
> >> protection
> >> since the RF travels up the wire. Does anyone know if this is true?
> >
> > Probably not so true. Given the choice between the cell phone antenna
> > radiating at full power right next to my brain and the amount of
> > radiation
> > that might be picked up and re-radiated by the headset cord, I'll take
> > the
> > lower headset radiation any day.
> >
>
>
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