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by dhdc 1544 days ago
Ignoring impedance and assuming the microwave oven is rated at 1kW. 1kilowatt = 60dBm. A typical WiFi receivers works fine at -60dBm = 1 nanowatt. 60-(-60)=120dB, or 12 orders of magnitude. To put that into persepective, a WiFi receiver work with 1/1,000,000,000,000 the power of a 1kW microwave oven.