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Can somebody explain why it is so essential to have cellphones in the confocal room?
Guy
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Subject: Re: Tin Foil Hats (Was: Re: Possible cell phone interference with hybrid detectors)...
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Heh heh, and it would be useful to control the confocal by mind control...
On 12/07/13 6:53 AM, "Tim Feinstein" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>I am a little concerned about the use of aluminum as a blocking agent
>here. Not only is aluminum inert as far as magnets are concerned, but
>its use to block mind control waves in the radio spectrum is in fact
>counterproductive, as shown by a research team at MIT in 2005:
>
>[...] According to several (apparent) students from MIT who tested
>several hat designs, there was "a 30 db amplification at 2.6 Ghz and a
>20 db amplification at 1.2 Ghz, regardless of the position of the
>antenna on the cranium."
>
>The students note that "the helmets amplify frequency bands that
>coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz.
>According to the FCC, These bands are supposedly reserved for 'radio
>location' (ie, GPS), and other communications with satellites."[...]
>
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/11/tinfoil_hats_as_government_plot
>/
>
>The original results have since disappeared from the web, suspiciously
>enough. Though it may coincide with the student's personal web page
>expiring when he graduated I think we can agree that the episode raises
>more questions than it answers.
>
>Cheers,
>
>TF
>
>Timothy Feinstein, Ph.D.
>
>On Jul 11, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Vladimir Zhukarev
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>> Yep,
>> No miracles, no aliens here. Electronics is a science of electric
>>contacts, as we all know. It takes just one contact with out of range
>>stray capacitance, so that with rest of the electric transmittance
>>chain this will create a sensitive antenna (receiver) for specific
>>radio frequencies. Purely manufacturing issue. Needs clean up from the
>>provider.
>> Cheers
>> Vladimir
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>> --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Tin Foil Hats (Was: Re:
>>Possible cell phone interference with hybrid detectors)...
>> From: "Peter Gabriel Pitrone" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: 7/11/13 2:35 am
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> Hey All,
>>
>> I use Aluminum foil to ward off the aliens stealing my thoughts, and
>> of course to ward off WiFi and Cellphone signals... So yeah, that
>> should help with the HyD detectors. ;-)
>>
>> Pete
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>>Anon.
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>>
>> On Wed, July 10, 2013 8:10 am, Sylvie Le Guyader wrote:
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>> <|> Hi out there
>> <|>
>> <|> Same experience for us. We were getting random interference lines
>>from <|> our bright field detector on a NikonA1. It was not linked to
>>cell phones <|> though but from the cables of another system that
>>stands very nearby.
>> <|> Shielding the cables with alu foil worked a charm.
>> <|> Sylvie
>> <|>
>> <|> On 9 Jul 2013, at 23:50, "Alexander,Steve"
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>> <|> You could try to shield them with aluminum foil. I tried that to
>>find a <|> interference source on a different system and it worked!
>> <|>
>> <|> Steve Alexander
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>> <|> Hi Ben
>> <|>
>> <|> We have the same problem with one of our sp5 systems that has
>>HyDs on it.
>> <|> Every once in a while you see a saturated line across the image.
>>We have <|> been careful with cell phones around the system, but
>>these lines tend to <|> happen anyway every once in a while. We had
>>them happen just from a door <|> opening or closing on the room. My
>>impression is that while cell phones <|> could be part of the
>>problem, they are probably not the only ones.
>>There
>> <|> could be plenty of equipment or anything else in the room that
>>sometimes <|> interferes. We have these lines very rarely, but I
>>can't think of a <|> scenario where they are completely guaranteed
>>not to show up.
>> <|>
>> <|> That being said, we have two other inverted systems, an sp5 with
>>3 HyDs <|> and an SP8 with 2 HyDs. We never see any interference
>>lines on these <|> systems, no matter what is going on in the room.
>>My theory is that the <|> HyDs on the inverted scanheads are hidden
>>away towards the rear of the <|> microscope and are perhaps better
>>shielded from interference then those <|> on the upright system,
>>where they are just sticking out in the open. I <|> communicated this
>>theory to Leica, and they said that this could <|> potentially be an
>>explanation, but they haven't yet come up with any idea <|> for
>>potential shielding of them.
>> <|>
>> <|> Hope this helps,
>> <|> Yevgeniy
>> <|>
>> <|>
>> <|>
>> <|>
>> <|> Jul 9, 2013, × 5:24 PM, "Alison North"
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>> <|> ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ(Á):
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>> <|>> Hi Ben,
>> <|>>
>> <|>> We were warned by the Leica guys not to use cellphones anywhere
>>near <|>> the scan head on the SP8 - in fact it has a great big
>>picture of a <|>> cellphone with a line through it on the scanhead! -
>>so I guess it is a <|>> well-known problem, not a special "feature"
>>of your system.
>> <|>>
>> <|>> Best wishes,
>> <|>> Alison
>> <|>>
>> <|>> On 7/9/2013 5:13 PM, Smith, Benjamin E. wrote:
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>> <|>>> Hi all,
>> <|>>> Our Leica SP8 has a pair of HyD detectors, and I've noticed
>><|>>> recently that we will get a series of saturated lines during a
>>scan <|>>> at random, intermittent moments. Judging by their
>>appearance, my <|>>> guess has been that the detectors were picking
>>up cellular data <|>>> transmissions. Every time I saw them, someone
>>had a cell phone on <|>>> them, and having them move the cell phone
>>to the far side of the <|>>> room, or turning the cell phone off,
>>stopped the lines from <|>>> occurring.
>> <|>>>
>> <|>>> I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this with hybrid
>><|>>> detectors, and whether this is normal behavior or something we
>>need <|>>> to have looked into.
>> <|>>>
>> <|>>> Thanks,
>> <|>>> Ben Smith
>> <|>>>
>> <|>>> Benjamin E. Smith, Ph.D.
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