This product sounds like a waste of good money. Very little gain if you start out with a 100mW signal
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Pozar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Linksys Repeater? > > From: Schmidt, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 3:39 PM > > To: 'Frank Baitman' > > Subject: RE: [BAWUG] Linksys Repeater? > > > > Apparently you get a a 15db (about 32 mw) gain with the booster and it > > is FCC compliant > > Actually their specs say that the power input can go between 5 to > 20 dBm and the gain is 14 dB. That says to me that the booster > will do anywhere from 19 to 34 dBm power out. Although the FCC > equipment certification data shows that it does only 146.6 mW > (21.66dBm). You can see this at: > > https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=292345&native_or_pdf=pdf > > I expect that this device does 14 dB of gain only up to 6 mW (7.66 > dBm) of input power and tops out at 146.6 mW. > > > According to what I have read you can have a total, > > including boosters, antennas, etc of 36 db without the FCC bothering > > you. > > A bit simplistic as antenna gain plays a factor here. Your transmitter > can do up to 30dBm (1watt) and your antenna gain can be 6 dBi. > Hence this equates to 36 dBm EIRP. As you increase the gain of > your antenna (for multipoint operations) you need to drop the > transmitter power output (TPO). > > Tim > -- > Snail: Tim Pozar / LNS / 1978 45th Ave / San Francisco CA 94116 / USA > POTS: +1 415 665 3790 Radio: KC6GNJ / KAE6247 > "Be who you are and say what you feel because the people who mind > don't matter and the people who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
