[BC] Part 15 Comunity Radio over 802.11a/b/g, anyone ever consider this????

[Cowboy]

On Friday 17 February 2006 03:15 pm, Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis wrote:
>if you observe the limitations i laid out as to gain vs. power output you 
>can use a mast mount BDA amp to make up for line loss.

>From: "Mark Humphrey" <mark3xy at gmail.com>

>There's an interesting article in the July 05 QST discussing 802.11b/g
>performance across long distances, using standard wifi routers and "BBQ
>grill" 24 dB antennas at both ends.

>  Just be careful to keep the
>line loss between the WiFi cards and external antennas as low as possible.
>Even LMR-400 wastes about 6.8 dB/100 ft in that range.

 One of the ways to do that is a USB WiFi device, with the device mounted
 at the radiation point, and USB back to the comfuser.

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