So, you cant legally make up for cable loss with an amp? -RickG On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Jack Unger <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ >
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