Subject: Re Microwave alarms?? (Burmaster).
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 193823 -0600
From: Roy Beavers
To: guru
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.........Responses from EMF-L!!!!.........
.........Folks -- I was truly impressed by the many responses I received
to the request below!! I sent all of them to the reporter who originated
the request. I forward Spark Burmaster's message (below) as perhaps one
of the better responses -- because he went into our archives to show me
that we had INDEED discussed these alarms in the past.......
New subject: (New project)
An author has asked me to help compile a bibliography of the 20 or 30 or
so MOST IMPORTANT studies that have been done on the cell phone issue.....
Both the handset and the antennas should be included in this...... (As
well as good solid "theory" research and/or bioeffects..... The emphasis
should be on research -- as opposed to hypothetical speculation.)
Any suggestions?..... Please try to include complete biblio info......
Cheerio......guru......... (Spark gave us a good response below....)
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: SX3S1: Re: Mirowave alarms?? Re: Cracking Down on Cell Phone Abusers (Burmaster)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:22:11 EST
From: Envoptions@aol.com
To: roy@emfguru.com
Subj: SX3S1: Re: Mirowave alarms?? Re: Cracking Down on Cell Phone Abusers
(Burmaster)
Date: 11/29/00
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Cell Phone Detectors:
On Nov 29, 2000 Roy Beaver wrote:
Actually, we have had no discussion of these gadgets.....?? Anybody "out
there" who can fill me in on this? .......guru......
Refering to the posting of::
Hi,I'm a reporter, based in London, writing a story about microwave alarms
and other gadgets that can detect or jam nearby cellphones. I wonder if you
can help me get some information on the subject. I'm specifically looking
for people who build or use such devices, and the intriguing uses they put
them to. (I once read about a small microwave alarm that shrills if a
cellphone nearby goes off.) Of course, I'm also interested in related
subjects about cellphone jamming.
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Response from:
Spark Burmaster
Environmental Options
Chaseburg, Wisconsin, USA
Roy: Yes, this has been discussed before.
I dug this up from the archieves:
In a message dated 99-10-15 06:20:52 EDT, you write:
<< Subj: Cracking Down on Cell Phone Abusers (Burmaster)
Date: 99-10-15 06:20:52 EDT
From: rbeavers@llion.org (Roy L. Beavers)
To: rbeavers@llion.org (emfguru)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 00:53:16 EDT
From: Envoptions@aol.com
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: SX1: Cracking Down on Cell Phone Abusers
Title of an article in Popular Science Magazine:
Cracking Down on Cell Phone Abusers
Forwarding an article from Popular Science Magazine, page 55, November 1999.
Background: Popular Science Magazine is a monthly, about a hundred page
long, magazine published in the U.S.A. for the mass market. Its purpose is
to showcase the "latest" in technology. It is available on newsstands
across the country with a large (greater that one million) subscription base.
In general they are pro new technology, although sometimes an environmental
issue is addressed.
The following is the complete text of an article in the "Newsfronts,
Electronics" section:
"MOBILE PHONES, Cracking Down on Cellphone Abusers
IN SOME PLACES, like on the bus, cellphone use is merely annoying. But in
other places such as an airplane, it's downright dangerous - and a crime.
But soon law enforcement agencies could have help in the form of new
technology that temporarily disables wireless handsets.
The advance couldn't have come at a better time. Just this past
summer, a British court slapped a citizen with with a one year jail sentence
after he repeated ignored a British Airway crew's pleas to switch off his
cellphone.
Aviation officials say the phones can interfere with the aircraft navigation
systems and controls for cabin pressure and air conditioning.
Meanwhile, cellphone use at at gas stations in Cicero, Illinois -
backed with $50 to $500 fines - and EXXON began posting "turn off cellular
phone" signs at its filling stations. Research suggests that signals can
ignite combustible materials, which is why cellphones pose a risk anywhere
flammable gasses are present. The user doesn't have to be making a phone
call either; the phones emit radio signals even when in standby mode.
The technology to disable cellphones was developed by a German
subsidiary of Motorola. It works somewhat like a walk-through metal
detector: An antenna and transceiver at the gateway pick up signals from a
phone or pager, then sends instructions to the device's microprocessor to
disable certain functions, including the pager's audible alert. So if a
cellphone is turned on within the restricted area, it will not operate. Upon
exiting the controlled area the process is reversed. Motorola won't comment
on the system, but Britain's Civil Aviation Authority says it's studying the
feasibility of employing the technology. --- Stephen A Booth"
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One question is: if one had a personal version would one be less exposed if
the gadget has to continuously broadcast to keep the cellphones from
broadcasting?
Second question is: Is anyone in the EMF-l group familiar with this
development?
What are the thoughts / comments / opinions on the technology.
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Spark Burmaster
Environmental Options
Chaseburg, Wisconsin, USA
608-483-2604 >>
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Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.emfguru.com