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Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Mike <m...@aweiowa.com> wrote: > Josh: > > Hadn't thought of your question in that way. Amateur radio operators > traditionally refer to a band by wavelength instead of > frequency. 160 Meters is 1.8 MHz > 80 Meters is 3.5 MHz > 40 Meters is 7 MHz > 30 Meters is 10.1 MHz > 20 Meters is 14 MHz > 17 Meters is 18 MHz > 15 Meters is 21 MHz > 12 Meters is 24 MHz > 10 Meters is 28 MHz or right above CB > 6 Meters is 50 MHz > 2 Meters is 144 MHz > 1.25 Meters is 222 MHz > 70 Centimeters is 420 MHz > 33 Centimeter is 902 MHz > 23 Centimeter is 1240 MHz > This one might surprise you. Amateur radio operators are primary > licensees at 2.3 GHz - 2.31 GHz, and 2.39 GHz - 2.45 GHz all mode, > 1000 watts! 802.11b ch 1 is 2.401 GHz - 2.423 GHz or right in an > amateur band. Part 15 rules state you can not cause interference to > a licensed user, and MUST accept interference from a licensed > user. I know of only a handful of disputes in this band historically. > > The rest of the ham bands go way on up from there, including 5650 - > 5925, and can use ANY frequency above 275 GHz. > > Mike > > > At 01:05 PM 10/27/2009, you wrote: > >Operates from 144 to 148 MHz. When you convert the frequency into > >"wavelength" you find that one wavelength is approximately 2 meters. > > > >jack > > > > > >Josh Luthman wrote: > >> > >>Can you please explain "2 meter ham gear"? > >> > >>Josh Luthman > >>Office: 937-552-2340 > >>Direct: 937-552-2343 > >>1100 Wayne St > >>Suite 1337 > >>Troy, OH 45373 > >> > >>"When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however > >>improbable, must be the truth." > >>--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > >> > >> > >>On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Kurt Fankhauser > >><mailto:k...@wavelinc.com><k...@wavelinc.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> > >>>In my experiences with 2 meter ham gear that is around Ethernet there is > a > >>>lot of interference from the Ethernet to the ham guys stuff. I've never > >>>seen > >>>the ham guys cause interference though to any wifi gear. > >>> > >>>Ham guys are a whole different breed of folk and depending on how these > >>>ones > >>>your talking to are they may be an invaluable asset to you or they may > be > >>>your worst nightmare. The ones around my area are the later and anyone > that > >>>gets involved with them end up regretting it later down the road. > >>> > >>>Just my 2 cents, > >>> > >>>Kurt Fankhauser > >>>WAVELINC > >>>P.O. Box 126 > >>>Bucyrus, OH 44820 > >>>419-562-6405 > >>><http://www.wavelinc.com>www.wavelinc.com > >>> > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: > >>><mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org>wireless-boun...@wispa.org > >>>[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > >>>Behalf Of Mike > >>>Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:17 AM > >>>To: WISPA General List > >>>Subject: [WISPA] Amateur repeater on a wisp tower -- gotchas? > >>> > >>>Wispers: > >>> > >>>I have a 180' tower sitting high on a hill above the county seat. It > >>>has a mix of 5.8 and 2.4 radios and sectors/dishes. We want to > >>>install an amateur repeater on the tower, initially at 70 cm (440MHz > >>>UHF), and eventually a 2 m (144MHz VHF) radio. The dual band antenna > >>>feed point will be at 120'. It is 17' long. There is no microwave > >>>equipment below 160'. > >>> > >>>I don't think there will be any issues with interference either way, > >>>but thought I'd tap into the wealth of knowledge here to see if any > >>>of you has any experience doing anything like this on your towers. > >>> > >>>Is there any mixing at uhf (or VHF) going on in the microwave radio > >>>cards? I can't find specs that even speak of intermediate > >>>frequencies. Gotchas? Hints? Comments? > >>> > >>>Thanks! > >>> > >>>Mike G > >>> > >>>At 06:38 PM 10/26/2009, you wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>>My 24 hours is expiring and I don't want to pull this unit down. > >>>>Mikrotik's site wants me to authorize my credit card, a process I've > >>>>begun but my credit card company won't post the transaction for a few > >>>>days. 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