Subject: RE: Fw: Wireless LAN on Denali
From: Christopher E. Brown (cbrown@woods.net)
Date: Fri Apr 26 2002 - 13:55:00 AKDT
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Christopher Erickson wrote:
> Both 802.11 and 802.11b can shoot up to 25 miles if both ends are amplified
> up to the maximum allowable limit and parabolic antennas are used. Without
> amplifiers, five miles is about it.
And unfort amping to 250mw and feeding to a 24dbi grid dish exceeds
legal ERP. Most of the nice WISP setups involve a 3 sector array with
~ 2w ERP at the site to cover 2 - 4 miles out from the tower.
> No climber in their right mind is going to want to lug a laptop and a
> high-gain antenna up a mountainside so they can get their email fix.
Specially when aiming and power requirements are ridiculous for someone
of foot.
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