--- Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear list fellows, > > In the April 2003 issue of QST magazine (a popular magazine for > amateur > radio people) I read the article "High Speed Multimedia Radio" by > Kris > Mraz, N5KM. > > I am not a ham, and there is some information in the article that > I don't > fully understand. Let me submit my current understanding for > validation. > > If you cant find a copy of the article, this quick and dirty one > might help > those of you with good eyes: > http://www.angelfire.com/droid/mechahawk/qst_article/ > > It is my understanding that If I have a ham license I can: > 1. operate my WiFi equipment under part 97 rules instead of normal > part 15 > rules. > 2. operate using up to 100 Watts APC (as opposed to the normal > wimpy 30-200 > mW ). > 3. only use this added power on WiFi channels 1-6. > 4. NOT use WEP due to ham encryption constraints??? > 5. NOT use this added power commercially.
Only if you want to "stomp" the rest of the 802.11b users into the dirt and make them mad. The gain you see with a good antenna, and only 2 or 3 watts will really tick off the users in your area, that's only a hundred times the signal that the consumer boxes put out. Of course, when you get your ham ticket, you'll know all that, and share the airwaves nicely right? Mike __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com
