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ZL4AJS > WLAN 17.05.05 13:38l 39 Lines 1577 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : D90197ZL4AJS
Read: DK5RAS GUEST DO6NP
Subj: Re: Packet vs WiFi
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From: ZL4AJS@ZL4GQ.#95.NZL.OC
To : WLAN@WW
VK3JMA inscribed:-
> Goto your local computer shop and ask to look at some 802.11b or g
> wirelkess networking equipment. This is all 2.4 GHz stuff.
>
> Althougth the power level maybe low, less than 200 mW average 40mW,
> many 10's of km's has been acheived with careful installations and
> persistance.
This is the trouble Mark. No average ham wants to fuss with 'careful
installations and persistance'. Especially at 2.4GHz this becomes
fiddly. It's hard enough to get them onto 2m with a simple handheld
sitting on the table let alone expecting them to do a good installation
for 2.4GHz!
Unless of course all the equipment including the antenna is consumer
computer equipment and thus made for the general public to be able to
use, without needing the experimenter's spirit or special techniques. I
imagine to get these 10's of kms of range you will need hi-gain antennas
and other stuff not available in the computer shop.
If the case is that this gear IS available in consumer form, then WLan
would be a great option, and probably is at the moment using the
supplied antenna in places close to the BBS like within cities. In NZ
however, a great number of packet ops actually don't live in cities.
L8az
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::: Andrew ZL4AJS@ZL4GQ.#95.NZL.OC :::
::: High School Student :::
::: Ohai, Southland, New Zealand :::
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