microwave ovens (fixed)

Post #334,852 by boxley 10/27/10 1:38:10 PM 10/27/10 2:03:12 PM Reply	microwave ovens (fixed) http://www.wired.com...-microwave-ovens/ The Radarange was as large as a refrigerator, but heavier. The tubes in the magnetron had to be water-cooled, so plumbing installation was required. Result: The first microwave oven weighed about 750 pounds and was nearly 6 feet tall. Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep Edited by boxley Oct. 27, 2010, 02:03:12 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #334,854 by drook 10/27/10 1:51:35 PM Reply	I want a macrowave oven -- Drew
Post #334,857 by Andrew Grygus 10/27/10 2:19:05 PM Reply	So you can cook just like your grandmother?
Post #334,863 by drook 10/27/10 3:28:33 PM Reply	No, she was afraid of the microwave She was living with my aunt's family. My mother and I came over one day, and I was making some lunch. Went to use the microwave and my grandmother nearly leaped across the table to stop me. "Betsy isn't here to show you how it works!" Umm, you put in the time and turn it on. "But if you do it wrong you might break it." ... She really thought it would blow up if you did it wrong. -- Drew
Post #334,856 by Andrew Grygus 10/27/10 2:18:32 PM Reply	"First microwave oven in the world"? I seem to recall the Germans were using experimental microwave cooking on the Russian front, and that would have been before 1947. I also understand the Russians declared microwave ovens unsafe until American pressure was applied to get them to remove that designation.
Post #335,205 by mhuber 11/4/10 11:15:44 AM Reply	Didn't the Russians install them in the U.S. embassy? And not the contained version. As I recall, there was this phenomenon where some people were hearing clicking noises that didn't register on any microphone. Turns out it was a pulsed microwave, and the click actually was just in their head - a very slight heat expansion of the skull, sudden enough to be audible to the person who's skull expanded. --------------------------------------- I think it's perfectly clear we're in the wrong band. (Tori Amos)
Post #335,206 by drook 11/4/10 11:57:37 AM Reply	What was the purpose? Other than completely fucking with people, that is. -- Drew
Post #335,735 by mhuber 11/14/10 6:50:36 PM Reply	It was part of the bugging system The messing with people part was apparently an unexpected side effect. --------------------------------------- I think it's perfectly clear we're in the wrong band. (Tori Amos)
Post #335,750 by static 11/14/10 10:02:09 PM Reply	That would have been quite a ways back. There was a way to bug a room using IIRC a small resonant chamber (hidden in the target room, obviously) and a strong radio wave from outside. The bugger simply monitered the disruption to his radio beam from the chamber and got audio back. Required quite a strong radio beam; probably strong enough for some brains to notice. Wouldn't work today; far too much RF about. I saw this in a special about electronic spying a few years ago. I think it was the Russians who came up with it early in the 20th century. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.

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