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From: timothym@tekigm.UUCP (Timothy D Margeson)
Newsgroups: net.sci
Subject: Re: Broadcast power query
Message-ID: <935@tekigm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Sep-86 13:19:09 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 22 13:19:09 1986
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In article <22100001@uiucuxa> pax@uiucuxa.CSO.UIUC.EDU writes:
>
>Can anyone explain in simple terms why broadcast power isn't used?
>I have supposed that it must be inefficient, have undesirable 
>side-effects, or make billing impossible, but I'd like to know specifically. 
>The reason I ask is that it would eliminate a lot of cords, there are a lot
>more than there used to be, in an office or home if there were a way to 
>use it on such a small scale.

Hi,

Now that I have perfected my miniature picowave transmitter, who's going to
volunteer to walk between my transmitter and my stove? 

What? No volunteers? Come on folks, it's only a little R.F., just a mere
1875 watts in a narrow beam of 10GHz. 

Sorry, I couldn't resist.........