[118651] in Cypherpunks
Re: [Fwd: [Spooks] spooky-ibook?]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Mon Oct 4 21:44:47 1999
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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 18:27:44 -0700
To: Sunder <sunder@sunder.net>, cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
From: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
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Reply-To: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
At 07:05 PM 10/4/99 -0400, Sunder wrote:
> A clearly irked Rear Admiral Jacques Bizard, head of the National
>Military Bureau for Frequency Use, told Agence France-Presse: "Unlike
>other countries in Europe, this wave band is allocated for military
>use in France."
This BS. The 2400 MHz band in question is designated worldwide (including
France) as an ISM (Industrial Scientific and Medical) band. This is where
microwave ovens operate, because this is where the major polar resonance of
the water molecule is located. Unless in their hubris the French have moved
to redefine this physical parameter (wouldn't be a first for the French)
their microwaves also operate in this band. Due to the uncontrolled
operation of the microwave ovens, this band is also shared for many
unlicensed communications applications, including all 802.11 wireless LANS,
etc.
--Steve
