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From: stevewa@upvax.UUCP (Steve Ward)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio,rec.autos
Subject: Re: Robocop spotted (Photo radar enforcement)
Message-ID: <321@upvax.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 88 04:08:56 GMT
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Organization: University of Portland, Portland, OR
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Summary: radar can me hazardous to your health

>(...) All that a cop's radar gun will
>do to you is heat your body tissue about .0000001 degrees.
>                            -Greg

Generally speaking, I'm sure that's true.  HOWEVER, a friend of mine owns
a radar gun (picked up at a police auction, he's a traffic reporter for a
radio station, so he has a good use for it) and he found out the hard way
that they can indeed be dangerous.  He made the mistake of pointing it at
his face when it was turned on (OK, he's not too bright :-) ), and burned
his face pretty good from just a few seconds of exposure.  I don't know
how quickly the power of the microwaves decreases with distance (probably
expotential) but it seems that with the longer amount of exposure it could
be POTENTIALLY dangerous.

Steve Ward                                     stevewa@upvax.UUCP
University of Portland                         !tektronix!upvax!stevewa