Kris: It should be fairly easy to move it into 2.4 GHz. Be catreful, though, because there are FCC mandated power limits imposed on Wi-Fi, which is an FCC Part 15 system.
Check around with your local ham radio groups because I've seen that gear moved to the 2.3 GHz amateur band. There might even be some modification info on the internet if you do a search on Starpoint+freequency+change. Also haqve a look at www.mods.dk. One other caution: Your microwave gear isn't FCC type approved/accepted for Wi-Fi. You could be looking at some serios FCC hassles if you put it into Wi-Fi service. As for your 2.X GHaantennas, they should work just fine on 2.3 GHzamateur and 2.4 GHz Wi-fi. I have a whole passle of 1.9 GHz Starpoint stations complete with tech manuals and it's looking for a home. Regards, Dick W1NMZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Kris Kirby To: [email protected] Sent: 18 January, 2009 14:03 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Starpoint - Good on 2.4G?? On Sat, 17 Jan 2009, Scott Zimmerman wrote: > In the past few weeks, I have literally fell into some 2.x GHz > Motorola StarPoint gear; complete with antennas and feedline. This has > prompted my feeble mind to ask some questions: > > 1. Can this stuff be "up-banded" to 2.4GHz? If so, does anyone have a > lead as to who has done it and how. Should be. > 2. If it can't be "up-banded", can the antennas and feedline be used > on 2.4GHz with other WiFi equipment or radios? Is the bandwidth of the > 2.x antennas normally broad enough to support 2.4GHz? 100MHz at 2.3-2.4GHz isn't a deal killer. > In its former life, this equipment was used in place of wirelines between > EMA sites. They are now using 10GHz VoIP Ethernet links instead. I thought > it would be neat to use the old StarPoint stuff to link our amateur stuff > together as a backup. Welcome to the world of analog microwave... -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR <[email protected]> But remember, with no superpowers comes no responsibility. --rly
