US new microwave crowd control weapon.

[The PIT]

The new fashion accessory in iraq.

[Paddy]

[spadnos]

Originally posted by Fluff
True, especially as a microwave transmitter can't be that hard to make. Timer , car battery, some electronics and an aerial.

Except that it's REALLY hard to generate a 95 GHz signal at all, let alone with any accuracy or power. If you're off frequency, the water in the targets skin doesn't heat up, and you don't induce pain. If there's not enough power, you just make them feel all warm and tingly.

- Steve

[Paddy]

Originally posted by spadnos
Except that it's REALLY hard to generate a 95 GHz signal at all, let alone with any accuracy or power. If you're off frequency, the water in the targets skin doesn't heat up, and you don't induce pain. If there's not enough power, you just make them feel all warm and tingly.

- Steve

That would be nice!

[Greebe]

Originally posted by Fluff
True, especially as a microwave transmitter can't be that hard to make. Timer , car battery, some electronics and an aerial.

Except that it's REALLY hard to generate a 95 GHz signal at all, let alone with any accuracy or power. If you're off frequency, the water in the targets skin doesn't heat up, and you don't induce pain. If there's not enough power, you just make them feel all warm and tingly.

- Steve

In reality it's not that hard to produce, it's power is not that great, but then again we're not talking about omnidirectional power or broadcasting far away or trying to kill people with the thing, it's a tight beam with a specific use. Being 95gHz with a 9²m dish the beam even at 1km wouldn't be much larger than the dish itself area wise. The real limiting factor would be relative humidity, fog and rain... In a land where this isn't an issue most of the time.

[Paddy]

Right... so I can put my modded magnetron next to my DIY rail gun that was posted here a while back...