True, but missleading. You can transmit 1 Watt if your antenna is a 5 cm piece of wire. The more directional the antenna the less power you can transmit. If you search through the archive you will find the prorating and the FCC source of the information.
Note also that 802.11b equipment is certified as a system, so if you combine an antenna from one vendor with the transmitter from another without recertifying the system the FCC can close you down anytime they want. WISPs have been trying to have this changed, but I don't think they've succeeded. Also, you can transmit 10 Watts or more on the lower channels with a HAM license, if you do not use encryption and use the system only for non-commercial purposes. Under this ruleset you can mix and match antennas and transmitters without FCC problems. -- Daniel On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Joel Johnson wrote: ]I believe the unlicensed amplified limit in the U.S. is 1 watt. ] ]Jonah Brucker-Cohen wrote: ] ]> is there a legal signal strength for WIFI antennas? anyone know this ]> for the US or Europe or a resource? ]> thanks ]> jbc ] ]-- ]NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ ]Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ ]Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ ] -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
