More than RF.
This site started as notes on RF safety. It’s becoming notes on everything I’m trying to understand.
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Notes on work and life.
Telecom and RF safety — the rules and the maths behind them. And the rest: learning, building, family, and figuring things out. Pick a topic to read just one side.
Everyone says it won't work.
Everyone says Starlink Mobile won't work. They're right — if you grade it as a fourth carrier that has to beat T-Mobile in Manhattan. That's the wrong test.
Why I’m doing a master’s while working full-time.
I’m earning a master’s in engineering management alongside my job. Here’s how I decided it was worth the evenings and weekends.
And then what?
A geopolitical shift moves a commodity price, which moves a company. I’ve started reading the news as a chain, not a list.
The gym is a lab.
The gym, badminton and paying attention to food. I approach my body the way I approach any system: understand it, then do it properly.
My morning briefing.
I built a daily routine that turns long-form briefings on politics, finance, technology and strategy into audio I listen to like a podcast.
Reminders are a love language.
I plan birthdays months ahead and set reminders for small things. It looks like being organised. It’s really about not letting people feel forgotten.
Helping from the other side of the world.
My parents live in India and I live in Texas. Here’s what I’ve learned about looking after people from more than 8,000 miles away.
“That’s just how it is” is not an answer.
Most broken processes survive because nobody asks why. I’d rather take the problem apart.
Building a life from scratch.
In 2021 I moved from Surat to the United States. Everything was new — except the things I carried with me.
Opting out of the stream.
I decided not to perform.
OET-65 in 60 Seconds: How the FCC MPE Limits Actually Work
A field-engineer's plain-English summary of the General Public and Occupational MPE limits, why they're frequency-dependent, and how time-averaging changes the answer.
EIRP vs ERP: What That 2.15 dB Actually Means
EIRP and ERP are the same number with two different reference antennas. Here's why the 2.15 dB conversion exists and when each one is the right metric to cite.
FCC vs ISED Canada: Cross-Border RF Safety in Practice
The General Public limits look similar — but the time-averaging windows, occupational definitions, and exclusion-zone conventions differ. A quick map for cross-border programs.
Demystifying Free-Space Path Loss
FSPL is the floor of every link budget and the first sanity check on any RF safety analysis. Here's the equation, the assumptions baked into it, and the cases where it lies.
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