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Re: Ricochet update- Auction

Okay, now I'm getting excited....  Has anybody actually found out if the 
poletop units are just being *abandoned*, and thus free for the taking?
I live in Columbus, and the units are on top of the poles that support 
power lines, and I've got a friend who works for the local utility....
I'd be more than happy to have him grab two or three, so I could send a few 
out to some people on the list who could experiment on the units...

Any thoughts, or should I maybe wait until after the auction, or ?

*I need a new project like I need a hole in the head, but what the hell.... 
=)  *

-Gordon

At 09:24 AM 8/15/01 -0700, you wrote:
>ok, so it works out the same as breaking open my Ricochet GS and adding an
>6dBi antenna.. or taking a boat 6 miles off shore and using a 600 dBi
>antenna :-)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Thomas Edwards" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 7:26 AM
>Subject: Re: Ricochet update- Auction
>
>
> > On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Michael Paine wrote:
> >
> > > so you are saying that since Ricochet is 30 dBm, does that mean if
>Cringely
> > > has a 7 dBi (for point to point), that would be ok?  That would mean I
>would
> > > need to antennas for a setup that did both point-to-point and
> > > point-to-multipoint, no?
> >
> > My impression is (in the US under Part 15) that a 30 dBm spread-spectrum
> > transmitter can only have a 6 dBi antenna, period.  If you wanted a 7 dBi
> > antenna, you would need to reduce the power of the transmitter by 1 dB or
> > 0.3 dB depending on point-to-multipoint or point-to-point, respectively.
> >
> > Cringely is using an Airport, which is only 15 dBm, so he can use up to a
> > 21 dBi antenna (15 dBi for the 30 dBm, then the 6 "free" dBi above that).
> >
> > -Thomas
> >
> > Thomas Edwards          The Sync
> >       Video for the Net Generation
> > http://www.thesync.com
> >
> >
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