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by tanatocenose
2143 days ago
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Your comment seems intuitively entirely backwards. You think the tiny battery powered device in your bedroom is producing more EMF than the hundred foot tower hardwired to the grid actively sending the same exact type of data to thousands of devices in every direction beyond every wall that surrounds you? |
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If you're asking about ability then yes: a grid-connected tower will both be able to produce stronger radio waves and last much longer (indefinitely versus some battery), but that's not legal, not what they do in practice, and wouldn't make sense: if the tower is so much stronger, then only your phone would be able to receive the tower. The tower wouldn't hear your phone's reply if the phone were significantly weaker. Since both generally want the maximum possible range, they'll transmit as much as regulations allow. A tower might have bigger and more sensitive antennae, but not so much that the transmissions are significantly different in power output. Both are safe to be nearby, but in case of long phone calls with the cell phone at your literal ear, your brain does heat up a measurable amount (if you have the right equipment), or so I've heard.
To confirm this "both sides need to be roughly equally strong to hear each other" story, do a 30 seconds search online, or for a practical example you could look at the dBm (decibel-milliwatt) values your WiFi devices' output (the access point versus the stations; it's not the same as cellular but in the case of WiFi both are under your control so you might be able to observe both values).