Can RF repeaters effect Microwave ovens?

Answer 1

No. But the microwave ovens can sure affect RF repeaters, if any RF leaks out of the oven.

-- The transmitter power output from an RF repeater in the same general frequency neighborhood

as the oven is typically a few watts.

-- The receiver sensitivity of an RF repeater in the same general frequency neighborhood as

the oven is typically something like 0.00000000001 watt (-80 dBm).

-- The microwave power poured into the chamber to heat the meatloaf is typically

somewhere between 600 watts and 2,000 watts !

-- That's why it's so important to avoid hurting the door. It's the only thing hanging

between you and a ton of RF.

-- Here's an opinion of mine that I've given concerned customers. I may be wrong,

but I believe I'm correct: You're exposed to less RF radiation when you're standing

under a fully-loaded cellular/microwave tower than when you're standing in your

kitchen waiting for the popcorn.

-- I have been employed in a microwave-system factory where, during performance

testing in the system integration area, the use of the microwave oven in the break-

room had to be suspended.

-- I have also had the experience, during a troubleshooting assignment to the

headquarters of the HongKong Fire Department, of tracing interference on the

department's nationwide communications system to the dorm-room-size

microwave in the breakroom on the same floor as the dispatch center and

radio hub.

Ahhh, those were the days my friend . . . .