Yeah, but even though 2.4ghz isn't a ham frequency, having your license will still make you immune from some zoning laws on antenna height. 2.4Ghz is 802.11's frequency, and with a tall antenna and a 24db dish antenna, you can get about 21 miles out of 150mw's of power on 802.11. With a 24db antenna, you can legally put out 250mw without a ham license. Since it's not a ham frequency, I don't know if you can transmit above that, but the guy from ingenious-nets.com made it sound like you could. He's got a lot of sweet equipment too to experiment with. Minimally, you'll need (on each end of your wireless link) a mast, a dish antenna (the 24db one is cheap and good), and a transmitter (the spider 2100 is about the cheapest you'll find on his site). For a transmitter, you could probably use a standard 802.11 card with an external antenna hookup. The spider units just act as a bridge. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Gilbertson [mailto:bgilbertson at stonel.com] > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 2:16 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] OT (kind of): HAM radio operators? > > > Brian is pretty much correct in his assessments. Only > correction is that frequencies are available above 1.2 Ghz. > Some links for those interested: > http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/amateur/ http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/allocate.html http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/news/part97/ Bob, KA0Q <snip> Abbreviated for brevity :) Brian wrote: > > 1. ham radio is for non-comm use only. You can't charge money for > anything. 2. I think encryption falls in the lines of "codes and > ciphers" which is explicitly forbidden. > IIRC 2.4 Ghz is unregulated and you can do whatever you want to up > there. "Ham" is restricted to frequencies designated by the FCC and I > think only goes up to 1.2 Ghz or somewhere in there. If you're truly > > -Brian _______________________________________________ tclug-list mailing list tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list