On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:07:23AM -0800, Alex A. wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 18:07, Kevin Lahey wrote:
> > I'm curious about using 802.11 from my car.
> > 
> > No less an authority than Jim Thompson explained to me at BAWUG
> > last night that 802.11 was useless when the two communicating 
> > systems had a greater than 40-mph speed differential.  This is
> > apparently due to the doppler shift. 
> 
> I thought "doppler" has something to do with differences between
> originally sent wave and its reflection from the object (so you can
> determine the object's speed). Correct me if I am wrong.

And that difference is the frequency of the signal.  Think of
what a train sounds like as it is coming towards you, and then
going away from you.  

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