Cordless DECT phone is like a mini cellphone tower sitting in your house radiating 24x7 DECT base stations transmit at full power (~250 mW peak per time slot, often with 24/7 pulsed microwave radiation in the 1.8 to 1.9 GHz range) The duty cycle of DECT emissions is typically 100% for the base station meaning there’s no break, no sleep mode, no relief from exposure. The radiation it emits is the same whether the handset is placed in its cradle on the base or the handset is somewhere well away from the base. The distance doesn’t matter (Bergqvist, 2001) The reason for this constant communication is so.. they will know if the handset is too far away from the base so incoming calls cannot be answered. The handset will typically alert the user when out of range. That means you’re exposed to wireless radiation 24/7, whether you use the phone or not. The designers assume the cordless phone will be charged in its cradle all the time, so they did not install an OFF switch. The only way to turn them off is to disconnect the battery, which is not practical. Back in the day even analog cordless phones would go silent when idle. DECT changed that. Best alternative? A WIRED LANDLINE. No pulsed RF. No signal check. No radiation. It just works.