Correct me if I'm wrong, but per FCC 47CFR part 15, in order to receive a
FCC Grant (FCC ID)for an intentional radiator, which an 802.11 system would
be, the system is approved with a specific antenna type and gain. If you
change either or both the antenna type or an antenna with a gain greater
then that which was approved, you would be in violation of the Grant.
(Read illegal) JMO
Bruce K0SON
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Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 5:26 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: OT: Satellite Internet
I don't understand these comments. Forget the ham radio part ... if I
understand him correctly he's saying that someone (anyone) could add a
couple of 24 dbi antennas to a standard 802.11 system and get greatly
increased range. People do that all the time. Entire neighborhoods
have pooled their resources to set up such ad hoc networks. As far as I
know it is perfectly legal for ANY traffic ... it's just a pencil beam
"hot spot". The only limitation would be the terms of the service
agreement between the guy at the far end and his service provider
regarding piggy back users.
Dave AB7E
On 8/27/2010 1:17 PM, Ryan Jairam wrote:
> The only catch would be that there could not be any commercial
> traffic, which rules out using your ham license for a high powered
> wifi backhaul for internet access. It won't be legal.
>
> Ryan, N2RJ
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:11 PM, jimlux<jimlux@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Adam Shirley WJ4X wrote:
>>> Your amateur radio license allows you to use "out of band" wireless
>>> networking.. You can move out of the standard channels for wireless
>>> networking and use some power and do a lot with IP over RF.
>>>
>>> http://www.qsl.net/kb9mwr/projects/wireless/modify.html
>>>
>>> i.e. If a neighbor 10 miles away has DSL, there's nothing that can stop
>>> you from installing a 2.4GHz backhaul from his place to yours. (if you
>>> have line of sight)
>>>
>> BTW you could do this perfectly legally without using ham radio.. put
>> 24dBi antennas at both ends, and 10 miles is no problem with standard
>> off the shelf 802.11 gear. that 40-50 dB extra gain is like running
>> kilowatts instead of the stock 100mW (or, another way, it gives you
>> 100-300 times the range of the stock box)
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