Use of Microwaves

Important applications of RFEM energy are radio and television broadcasting, point-to-point microwave radio (long-distance telephone and data transmission), mobile radio including cellular telephone, paging and radio dispatch, ship to shore radio, amateur radio, and citizen's band radio, navigation (ship and aircraft), and radar (military and civilian use for detection and guidance, flight surveillance around airports, weather surveillance and prediction, traffic speed control). Applications in the home (cooking), industry (sealing and drying), and medicine (diagnosis and treatment).

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