I am a ham and I have been for 48 years. I've also held an FCC
Commercial License for 28 years. Without my ham experience, I doubt that
I would have been able to transition into the license-free wireless
industry in 1993 - which was before any WISPs even existed. My years of
ham experience made the transition relatively easy. I recommend that all
WISP operators consider getting their ham licenses which, BTW no longer
require any Morse Code tests.
jack
Mark Koskenmaki wrote:
You a HAM operator, Jack?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Unger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] was School WiFi , about technical values.
Mark,
Certification verifies that the signals conducted into the power line
and the signals radiated into the air from a wireless system are clean
and that they do not exceed the power limits. Minimizing self
interference is primarily a function of good network design techniques.
This is outside the scope of FCC certification because, even with
certified equipment, it is easy for an uninformed person to deploy a
network that interferes with itself and with other networks.
To motivate manufacturers, let them know you want to buy only certified
systems from them.
jack
Mark Koskenmaki wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Unger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] was School WiFi , about technical values.
See comment inline, near end of post.
Wrong. Certification DOES test for out of band emissions; it also tests
for out of channel emissions. It does not test for receiver selectivity
because that is not a characteristic that will mess up the band. Part
15
certification deals primarily with dirty transmitted signals, not poor
receivers.
jack
Well, I should have been more clear. Yes, there are tests and certain
limits. Just being "good enough" isn't what I was wanting. I'd like
the
best stuff, because doing so means you minimize self interference, etc.
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