Re: [OT:] Microwave ovens was WIFI Waveguide antenna by "Robert B." .

The way I understand it, any escaped microwaves would only heat me up. I don't ever feel warmer when the microwave is running, therefore I am not very concerned. The oven's rating is 800W, 2450MHz. Even if all that radiation escaped in a concentrated beam, it would still be far below many commercial microwave transmitters. I've heard stories of tech's sitting near the microwave transmitter beams to keep warm in the winter, so I'm still having trouble believing a little microwave radiation leakage could actually do any damage. I'm certainly no expert, and if you have a source indicating that it is actually dangerous I'd love to read it. I'm sure there are some HAMs on this list (apparently you, Dave?) who know all about microwave radiation and might have a link or two so I could learn about it too. So far in my research I've discovered that the FDA advocates less than 2mW/cm2 leakage for new ovens. This is apparently to avoid interfering with communications devices rather than protect the biological species using the microwave. At any rate, I probably shouldn't let my friend do this anymore: http://nerdulator.net/misc/ian.JPG {Original Message removed}