$1M will buy 122 acres in part of U.S. National Radio Quiet Zone

Re:$1M will buy 122 acres in part of U.S. National Radio Qui... by tlrobinson on Sunday May 22, 2016 @02:17PM (#11749612)

If you make your house a faraday cage would you be allowed to use WiFi?

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Re:$1M will buy 122 acres in part of U.S. National Radio Qui... by ryanlol on Sunday May 22, 2016 @04:56PM (#11750256)

If you did it properly, there's no way they could catch you so in practice the answer is probably yes.

EDIT: Looks like anything goes if it doesn't cause unacceptable levels of noise http://fusion.net/story/243321/wtf-wifi-in-the-green-bank-wv...

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Re:$1M will buy 122 acres in part of U.S. National Radio Qui... by gambiting on Sunday May 22, 2016 @04:14PM (#11750080)

Microwaves are not allowed, because for the fraction of a second between you opening the door and the generator switching off there is always a tiny leakage of microwave energy - and it has actually set off radars in sensitive areas in the past. So to answer your question - probably not.

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Re:$1M will buy 122 acres in part of U.S. National Radio Qui... by walrus01 on Sunday May 22, 2016 @07:36PM (#11750775)

I don't know where you got this idea, the NRQZ encompasses a huge area and people most definitely do have microwave ovens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Radio_Q...

You think that nobody in a city the size of Harrisonburg VA has a microwave?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrisonburg,_Virginia

It's within a 1 mile radius of the radio astronomy dish that petrol engined cars (spark plugs) and emitters like microwaves are banned.

You can install licensed point to point microwave radio and VHF/UHF radio systems, etc in the NRQZ, you just need to go through a coordination process.

https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/gbt/interference-protect...

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Re:$1M will buy 122 acres in part of U.S. National Radio Qui... by gambiting on Monday May 23, 2016 @02:22AM (#11752249)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/05/microwave-ov...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11748758

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Re:$1M will buy 122 acres in part of U.S. National Radio Qui... by gambiting on Sunday May 22, 2016 @06:42PM (#11750606)

I really have no idea why I got downvoted couple times - what I said is perfectly true:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/05/microwave-ov...

Edit: and now downvotes on this post, despite containing nothing else but a link. Would anyone care to explain what is going on?

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Re:$1M will buy 122 acres in part of U.S. National Radio Qui... by tlrobinson on Sunday May 22, 2016 @07:49PM (#11750830)

I can't speak to why people downvoted the first post (I upvoted it), but it's generally frowned upon to complain about people downvoting you.

> Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:$1M will buy 122 acres in part of U.S. National Radio Qui... by avar on Sunday May 22, 2016 @06:22PM (#11750531)

So using a microwave but always using the timer or stop button is fine?

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Re:$1M will buy 122 acres in part of U.S. National Radio Qui... by gambiting on Sunday May 22, 2016 @06:42PM (#11750605)

Sure, but I guess one wouldn't be allowed in anyway.

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