[GTALUG] Dirty Power and Wi Fi Far field effect

[Russell Reiter]

In case you didn't get it, it was the utilities who installed the equipment
and they are testing it now. I live next door to the test bed and I
experience the effects.

On Saturday, March 14, 2015, James Knott <james.knott at rogers.com> wrote:

> On 03/14/2015 09:07 AM, Russell Reiter wrote:
> > Converting 60hz to 50hz can be done at any point in the grid if the
> > proper equipment is installed and could do a lot to clean up errant
> > spikes which could adversely affect expensive computer controlled
> > equipment.
>
> Where do you dig up this nonsense?  The only way to convert 60 Hz to 50
> is with a device designed to do that.  Years ago, that meant rotary
> converters, that is a motor tied directly to an alternator, with the
> appropriate number of poles to do the power conversion.  These days,
> electronic converters can be used to do the same thing and with better
> frequency accuracy.  If anyone tried to drag the power line frequency
> down to 50 Hz, they may get a visit from the power utility.
>
> > One further point. The current state of EM warfare is so advanced that
> > any major municipality who is not hardening its grid is doing a
> > significant disservice to its population. Nothing of what I have said
> > is beyond the possible realm of the current state of things.
>
> Electronic warfare generally take significantly more power than you'd
> find in WiFi.
>
> Really? What kind of power are you talking about and how is it implemented
> in electronic warfare?



> > My theory is that this wired world is not the wired world of even a
> > few years ago.
>
> The power distribution network hasn't changed that much in several years.
>
> Don't be a dope, the power distribution network has been a significant
> military target for decades. If you don't think people are working
> constantly in order to harden it from being compromised, well I don't know
> what else to say but open your mind a bit, you might actually like the
> light that shines in.
>
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