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therein 3 days ago

Interesting that it happens to be the harmonic frequency of oxygen. For these power levels it is probably fine but something to keep in mind.

isopede 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

That band is often chosen _because_ of the absorption band of oxygen. Significant attenuation at those frequencies means it limits range, allowing for higher frequency reuse and less interference over a greater area.

platybubsy 3 days ago | parent [-]

Wouldn't it be the same if you just decreased the transmission power?

parsimo2010 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If you’re worried about things exploding or something, don’t worry. Unless you were exciting a fuel/air mixture up to the combustion point you have nothing to worry about. So that would take a deliberate change to the chemical makeup of the air and much much much higher transmit power levels.

But I guess you should be careful if you are trying to modify this into an RF pulse welder and someone left their cutting torch gas cylinders venting nearby. </s>