Something some of us were talking about in the runup to Y2K... Spread Spectrum Phased Array Repeater Network Spread Spectrum has the transmitter continually change the frequency of operation concurrenty working out with the remote receiver, which also has a transmitter, what freq to use next. The reveiver is not tuned to a particular frequency so much as it listens for a series of tones on a series of frequencies. IOW, a melody. The permutations are so vast that billions of unique melodies are no problem. there is one for each of us on the planet; your own song. Phased Array is a printed circuit spiral a meter or more across laid out on a non conductive substrate like fibreglass or glass, which can be mounted on a pole outside. When transmitting the phase of the sin wave is shifted slightly, with the result that the signal can be beamed out in any given direction electronically, and instantly changed in direction. It can receive in the same fashion. talk and listen to anyone in any direction who has similar equipment without any long distance TELCO charges or ISP connection charges. Each home system can be setup to also be a signal repeater to relay and extend the range of your, and everyone else's signal. Like computer hardware, the cost of equipment is falling. All of the above could be controlled by a DSP board in an ISA 16 bit slot prolly costing less than 50$. the transmitter/receiver/antenna stuff for up to 100 watts and good for 100 miles would total maybe 200$ The bandwidth is available in assigned, but unused TV channels that never will be used because of cable and satellite dishes. The FCC regulations dont permit it, but for one, they gotta figure out you are there, and with spread spectrum (SS), that aint easy. SS was developed by the army so nobody else would know they were talking. even if they do, all they can do is seize equipment. You dont hear about this, cause the commercial media (TV) dont want you to think about it. You wouldnt need telephone service nor an ISP, nor havta put up with spam. That'd make a lotta investors unhappy. User owned systems are not plagued with planned obsolesence. uncopywritten- do what you will with it. -- Arachne V1.68, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
