On Sun, 26 Aug 2001 08:53:33 -0400 Bob Ammerman writes: > Now this is starting to make sense. The units of measure (W/cm^2) > (specified > at a given distance) are what I'd expect. > > Let's take a 'real world' example. > > Assume a cube shaped microwave about 50cm on a side. > How about we use a sphere instead, since the entire surface of the sphere is the same distance from the center. If you put a 1 watt isotropic radiator at the center of a 1 meter radius sphere, you'd have 1 watt spread over the surface area of the sphere or 79.577mW/m^2. Harold FCC Rules Online at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules Lighting control for theatre and television at http://www.dovesystems.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.