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To: idler who wrote (30726)	5/24/1999 2:35:00 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 152472

if these new studies really establish a scientific link, this could be a disaster I wonder if it was done in analog. I understand that the potential problem is much less with digital, plus, as the power lowers, if will be even less. However, the enviomental types,plus the press, will cause a scare if they can.

To: idler who wrote (30726)	5/24/1999 2:48:00 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

A key factor in these new studies, if there is any validity to their conclusions, would be whether the phones were digital or analog, and whether, if digital, they used a GSM/TDMA system or a CDMA system. In the earlier studies using analog phones, it was pointed out that one reason the results using CDMA would not be comparable was that a CDMA phone transmitter is "on" only when actual words are being spoken. The analog handset transmitter is on as long as the connection with the other party is on. So even if there were a radiation effect, it would be much less with CDMA. We need to know more about what equipment was evaluated in the latest studies.