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Re: Ricochet update- Auction

Does anyone have a schematic to the GS model?  That would be nice.  I guess
people will start breaking them open, since there were over 51,000 of them
online last month..

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Bolton" <>
To: <>; "Don Papp" <>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: Ricochet update- Auction

> Technically, they were designed to work in quarter mile cell.  The key to
> distance is how cluttered the RF path is. A line of sight path with both
> radios can see each other, I have done 11 miles with RSSI levels of -89
> to -92 dBm.
>
> The antenna on the brick is about 1 dBi or 0 dBi.  You could alwasy put a
> higher gain antenna on the unit if you want to get creative with a
soldering
> iron.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brandon Macmillan" <>
> To: "Don Papp" <>; <>
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 11:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Ricochet update- Auction
>
>
> >
> >
> > hmm, what is the effective range of those old 'bricks' in star mode? I
can
> think of tons of uses for that right off the top of my head.... I would
love
> to be able to hot sync my palm by driving by my house....
> > Don i'm not near a www conection right now, can you quote me a price on
a
> pair so i dont have to wait till i get home from vacation (yah) to check
> your site?
> >
> > Don Papp wrote on 2/8/01 2:07 pm:
> >
> > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > That reminds me, I
> > >have some ricochet modems
> > >left from a group buy
> > >managed for a robotics
> > >organization.  They're for
> > >sale if anyone is interested.
> > >(Personally I think every
> > >parts bin should have at
> > >least one pair!)  They are
> > >rugged and tough little
> > >things.
> > >
> > > They can be used with
> > >computers (wearables, too)
> > >for quick wireless net access
> > >with a PPP dial-on-demand
> > >link.  Creates a transparent
> > >RS-232 link over RF.
> > >
> > >
> > >Wireless serial is a snap with
> > >these 28.8k RF modems:
> > >
> > >
> > >http://www.aeinnovations.co
> > >m/content.php?menu=902&
> > >page_id=16
> > >
> > >Here is a quick guide:
> > >
> > >
> > >http://www.aeinnovations.co
> > >m/downloads/easy-wireless.
> > >txt
> > >
> > >
> > >I have pairs of these RF
> > >modems available here:
> > >
> > >
> > >http://www.aeinnovations.co
> > >m/forsale/
> > >
> > >
> > >They are sometimes
> > >available on eBay, too.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Don P
> > >http://aeinnovations.com
> > >
> > >GPG/PGP Key:
> > >http://aeinnovations.com/d
> > >ownloads/pubkey.html
> > >
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