Originally Posted by nmenaker
If we are going to get on the cell phone issue, my understanind from an FCC colleague is that the issues relate to older cell phones, which they do not know how many people might use. Older analogue devices which used to produce 1.5 to sometimes 3 WATTS, (yes we used to hold those bricks to our heads) clearly are transmitting high power, ping for a tower and sending EMF which could get anywhere,
Now, how many people are really using such a device today, don't know. They don't really know either.
handheld analog cellular phones had a maximum of 0.6 watts, bag phones were 1.2 watts, and phones mounted in cars were 3 watts.
normally, when in a city and near a cell tower, they would use much less power than the maximum. in an airplane they would probably be at their maximum because the cell tower signal is weak to nonexistant.