Re: Dental filling radio reception?

From: Bob Masta (NoSpam_at_daqarta.com)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:42:05 GMT

On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 15:16:08 GMT, "Matt J. McCullar"
<mccullar@flash.net> wrote:
<snip>
>I remember when I was a kid, picking up WBAP-820 AM radio very clearly over
>my little 3" reel-to-reel tape recorder speaker whenever I touched my finger
>to the terminals of the playback head. I guess my body was acting like a
>capacitor/antenna. WBAP is a big powerhouse and at the time I lived in the
>same city (Fort Worth).
>

The fact that the body is a good antenna for AM is one of the things
that makes me think the mouth would make a good Faraday cage.
It must be a pretty good conductor at those wavelengths. But
I'd sure like to be able to put some numbers on it. How does one
determine the degree of Faraday screening, given the conductance
(or whatever) of the screening material?

Thanks!

Bob Masta
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