millimeter or x-ray ?
Nov 28, 2010 | 5:49 pm
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millimeter or x-ray ?
How can I determine if the WBI machine used at my airport
(RDU) are the millimeter-wavelength kind or the backscatter
X-ray ? I have health concerns about the latter.
(I have other concerns too, but I don't wish to get into them in
THIS thread, and they are thoroughly discussed elsewhere in this
forum).
P.S. I wonder if it would be considered a threat if you calmly
informed a TSO planning to pat-down you, or a loved one (and
you're witnessing), that you are a 4th-degree black-belt in
TaeKwonDo ?
(RDU) are the millimeter-wavelength kind or the backscatter
X-ray ? I have health concerns about the latter.
(I have other concerns too, but I don't wish to get into them in
THIS thread, and they are thoroughly discussed elsewhere in this
forum).
P.S. I wonder if it would be considered a threat if you calmly
informed a TSO planning to pat-down you, or a loved one (and
you're witnessing), that you are a 4th-degree black-belt in
TaeKwonDo ?
Nov 28, 2010 | 5:53 pm
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Location: USA
Posts: 555
How can I determine if the WBI machine used at my airport
(RDU) are the millimeter-wavelength kind or the backscatter
X-ray ? I have health concerns about the latter.
(I have other concerns too, but I don't wish to get into them in
THIS thread, and they are thoroughly discussed elsewhere in this
forum).
P.S. I wonder if it would be considered a threat if you calmly
informed a TSO planning to pat-down you, or a loved one (and
you're witnessing), that you are a 4th-degree black-belt in
TaeKwonDo ?
(RDU) are the millimeter-wavelength kind or the backscatter
X-ray ? I have health concerns about the latter.
(I have other concerns too, but I don't wish to get into them in
THIS thread, and they are thoroughly discussed elsewhere in this
forum).
P.S. I wonder if it would be considered a threat if you calmly
informed a TSO planning to pat-down you, or a loved one (and
you're witnessing), that you are a 4th-degree black-belt in
TaeKwonDo ?
If they want to to stand in between two parallel walls, it's backscatter.
~~ Irish
Nov 28, 2010 | 5:58 pm
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RDU is MMW. I pass through there fairly often, and was even there today, so I can confirm that.. Here is a picture of the device.
Nov 28, 2010 | 8:37 pm
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Nov 28, 2010 | 8:41 pm
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Nov 28, 2010 | 9:02 pm
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but I am gonna look twice when is see* one of these in my U.S. travels*See and never use