Unlicensed freqs don't require a license however you can not legally add an amplifier to a system (in this case, your 5 GHz backhaul) that was not originally certified with the amplifier that you want to use.
Hams, who are licensed and who share some frequencies with unlicensed operators do not need an additional license to legally use an amplifier. To avoid mis-use and illegal use of ham amplifiers by unlicensed operators, legitimate sellers of ham amplifiers (and indeed, any amplifier) normally request that you show proof that you are a ham in order to purchase an amplifier. Unfortunately for our industry: 1. 95% of the WISPs who use external amplifiers are doing so illegally. 2. 95% of the companies who sell external amplifiers to WISPs are skating on thin ice. RickG wrote: > I am planning to install a 5Ghz backhaul from my main tower to a > remote. It will have the antenna on the top, 150' of LMR-400 and the > radio at the bottom. To make up for the loss, I ordered a 500mw amp > from L-Com. Unfortunately, they cancelled the order saying I need a > HAM license to purchase it. I thought unlicensed freqs dont require a > license? > -RickG > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
