when you get your radio license, maybe you'd be able to benefit from the "eyetap cyborgs" group at toronto (making wirelessly linked eyetap eyeglasses). 73 de n1nlf > May be different from what? I'm in Toronto, btw ;o) > I'll have to read up on the rules and regulations for FRS here tonight... > It'd be a neat thing to play with, at the very least. > At any rate, I should really try to get my ham license again... Tried about a year ago, aparantly my test was lost in transit... *sigh* > > -- Sarah > > >hmm....I'm in Canada, so the rules may be slightly different. > >I read them once (not sure if they were the CAN or US or both ones) > >and what they distill down to is that you cannot alter the radio > >(they all have the same power/antenna gain configuration it seems) > >and autopatch (connecting to the phone system) is verboten. > > > >So if some FRS radio offered headphone/mic jacks, you could inject the > >signal you need to get data through and still be legal... > >HOWEVER, you'd have to watch the bandwidth of the signal so it doesn't > >spill over or quiet adjacent channels. > >Also, I don't know if *continuous* use of FRS is acceptable. > > > >Finally, from using FRS radios, the S/N ratio may not be the most stellar. > >So < 9600bps is tops I guess. > > > >This could be used for short/mid-range links between wearables with > >(they do have a range of ~2-3 miles in free-space) > >some having faster links to the 'net proper with gatewaying. > >Like an impromptu collective at a club or mall or resort, with a few having > >CDPD/Ricochet/802.11 links to the outside. > > > >Eric LaForest, VE3LNX > >(who now thinks he'll add a pair of FRS xceivers to his future platform) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > GET VISIBLE! > TechnoDyke.Com -> http://www.technodyke.com > > > -- > Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org > please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain > -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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