04-16-2007, 02:11 PM
It is believed that many creatures, including bees are sensitive to the earth's magnetic field thereby having a built in compass that is used in conjunction with other sensory inputs for navigation.
Radio waves are sometimes referred to as E-M or electromagnetic waves because they carry both a electrical and magnetic field component. It is not too far fetched to think that a creature sensitive enough could be affected by a radio transmitter. One question I have though is that cell phones have been around for a long time so why are we seeing the problem only now? One answer could be that service providers start placing towers in dense urban areas first and are now moving into more rural farming areas. Cell phones have relatively little transmitter power because they are battery operated. Cell towers are a different story.
The growth of WIFI is another possibility. Most WIFI services operate in the 2.4 GHz band which is the same frequency used by microwave ovens. Microwave ovens work because the frequency causes certain molecules like water and fat to vibrate fast and that is what we call heat. The same frequency band is also used to provide wireless broadband internet service in rural areas.
By the way, frequency and wavelength are inverses of each other so they are two ways of describing the same thing. Micro-wave is a short wavelength = therefore high frequency.
Radio waves are sometimes referred to as E-M or electromagnetic waves because they carry both a electrical and magnetic field component. It is not too far fetched to think that a creature sensitive enough could be affected by a radio transmitter. One question I have though is that cell phones have been around for a long time so why are we seeing the problem only now? One answer could be that service providers start placing towers in dense urban areas first and are now moving into more rural farming areas. Cell phones have relatively little transmitter power because they are battery operated. Cell towers are a different story.
The growth of WIFI is another possibility. Most WIFI services operate in the 2.4 GHz band which is the same frequency used by microwave ovens. Microwave ovens work because the frequency causes certain molecules like water and fat to vibrate fast and that is what we call heat. The same frequency band is also used to provide wireless broadband internet service in rural areas.
By the way, frequency and wavelength are inverses of each other so they are two ways of describing the same thing. Micro-wave is a short wavelength = therefore high frequency.
Larry