Peter L. Peres wrote:

> >Lawrence! I'm amazed! That is a TRULY AWFUL
> >suggestion. Awful. Because the magnetron will
> >soon overheat! ;o)
>
> Sorry, the magnetron will overheat iff the SWR is bad. An open door
> guarantees (almost) a low SWR ratio. Therefore the magnetron will not
> overheat. This has been tried ;-). *Everyone* from Alpha Centauri onwards
> knows that humans use 2.4GHz microwaves frequency and amplitude modulated
> with 50 or 60Hz for *something*. <g> Presumably to reheat some dead
> animal's mashed remains for ritual purposes. <G>

Hee hee! Sorry I must confess in all my years of
fixing the darn things i've never had the urge to
take the door off, defeat the interlocks and run
it for extended periods. :o)
-Roman

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