If a radio station operated at 2.45 gigahertz, could you pick it up when your mi…

If a radio station operated at 2.45 gigahertz, could you pick it up when your microwave was turned on and attached speakers?

If some radio station were to operate at 2.45 gigahertz, the main effect would be very poor reception of that channel on your radio. The oven isn’t a transmitter for microwaves; it just makes them like crazy. Most of the microwaves never leave the cooking chamber and there are strict regulations on any leakage. But it would only take a few thousandths of a watt of leaking microwave power to cause trouble in your reception of the radio station. Your radio wouldn’t be able to distinguish that station’s transmission from microwaves leaking out of your oven. The radio would struggle to pick up the signal and you would probably hear lots of noise in the background.

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