The same experiment should be conducted with the access point outside of the faraday cage with antennas placed inside and connected to the WiFi with a coaxial cable. That will better isolate the signal to the inside of the cage and eliminate the heat variable from the access point performing its regular functions.
Normally the interval is 100ms. I listen to these things on an RF-meter. A WiFi router sounds like a woodpecker. They are easy to identify because of this signal. So every 100ms it will be a pulse at full power, which according to regulation can be between 200mW and 4000mW, depending on the frequency range. It's still quite a lot of power in such a small enclosure, that is also RF-reflective.
It would be better if the output could be controlled of course, but if it was a constant 4W transmission, I bet you nothing they would do would make those seeds survive. 4W is an enormous amount.
Building Biology guidelines (not FCC, but biologically based) puts a limit for human sleeping quarters around 0.005 mW/m2. Gives you some idea of the ranges we are talking about.
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AwakeVet ago
The same experiment should be conducted with the access point outside of the faraday cage with antennas placed inside and connected to the WiFi with a coaxial cable. That will better isolate the signal to the inside of the cage and eliminate the heat variable from the access point performing its regular functions.
RoundWheel ago
It wasn't clear to me what they were doing to maintain RF? If nothing is using it,it just sits there broadcasting beacons at periodic intervals.
qwop ago
Normally the interval is 100ms. I listen to these things on an RF-meter. A WiFi router sounds like a woodpecker. They are easy to identify because of this signal. So every 100ms it will be a pulse at full power, which according to regulation can be between 200mW and 4000mW, depending on the frequency range. It's still quite a lot of power in such a small enclosure, that is also RF-reflective.
It would be better if the output could be controlled of course, but if it was a constant 4W transmission, I bet you nothing they would do would make those seeds survive. 4W is an enormous amount.
Building Biology guidelines (not FCC, but biologically based) puts a limit for human sleeping quarters around 0.005 mW/m2. Gives you some idea of the ranges we are talking about.