I know there's a straightforward answer to this question, but it's evaded me so far.
When I'm sitting in my car on the vehicle deck of a Cross-Channel Ferry, I normally have a strong signal on my mobile 'phone. If microwaves need line-of-sight conditions and won't pass through several layers of steel plate, how can this happen? Is it down just to transmitter power? In which case, why are passengers not cooked by the radiation?
What is the relevance to satellite reception of this phenomenon?
Wolsty
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