On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 01:29:03PM -0700, Cliff Skolnick wrote: > > Have you tried better radio gear and a good antenna? In the 4+ years > I've been doing this I have never felt limited by the current power > limits, in fact it forces people to use better designs with better > receive strength and focus the energy with directional antennas where > needed. All good things as more people take advantage of this > technology. > > Even if you put 10W on your roof you will need a good antenna to hear > the client or up client power too. People with laptops will not like > how fast a battery drains at 10W, not to mention too much energy too > close to the body. > > What I would really like to see for the FCC is more spectrum instead of > more power. > > Cheers, > Cliff > > -- > "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit > there." > - Will Rogers
It's not about me. I'm just echoing what many have said before. When we see stories like http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=100462 we should be concerned that in the future the spectrum will be controlled by people who are understandly more interested in making money by charging a toll for the airwaves than in providing great service. When we hear about bids to "buy" part of the spectrum for sums like $100,000,000+ what they're buying is control, the ability to a profit on what is in reality a zero cost medium. On the subject of power: If phone companies can set up 1500W base stations, why can't we amateurs have, say, just 100W? _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
