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Amateur Radio Packet Over 802.11 Cards

Posted by timothy on from the don't-call-tech-support-for-troubleshooting dept.

Skuld-Chan writes: "I stumbled across this the other day -- basically discusses modifying common 802.11 boards for amateur radio bands (or Part 97 rules). Under Part 97 there is a 100 watt limit and no gain limit (unlike the 6 db gain limit on Part 15). I thought it was interesting :)." Consult your friendly branch of the FCC :) Note that this is just one of several interesting projects from this site.

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  1. Windows Is Dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It is now official - Netcraft has confirmed: Windows is dying

    Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered Microsoft Corporation when recently IDC confirmed that Windows accounts for a declining fraction of all Internet servers. Coming on the heels of the latest Netcraft survey which plainly states that Windows has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Windows is collapsing in complete disarray, as further exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.

    You don't need to be Kreskin to predict Windows's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Windows faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Windows because Windows is dying. Things are looking very bad for Windows. As many of us are already aware, Windows continues to lose market share. The green ink from declining sales flows like a river of blood. Windows XP is the most endangered of them all, having lost more of its core developers than any other operating system.

    Due to the troubles of Microsoft, abysmal sales of Windows and other products and so on. Recently, Slashdot reported a possible removal of Windows from the market by Microsoft. This only serves to confirm the fact that Windows is unwanted, doomed to be passed around like a harelip orphan from one foster parent to another.

    All major surveys show that Windows has steadily declined in market share. Windows is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Windows is to survive at all it will be among OS hobbyist dabblers. Windows continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Windows is dead.

    Fact: Windows is dead

    1. Re:Windows Is Dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Michael Sims is dying - of AIDS.

      Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered Michael Sims community when last month Slashdot confirmed that Michael Sims has the Gay Flu. Coming on the heels of the latest CBC which plainly states that Michael Sims has lost more white blood cells, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Michael Sims is collapsing in complete disarray, as further exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Hepatitis C test.

      You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Michael Sims's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Michael Sims faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Michael Sims because Michael Sims is dying - of AIDS. Things are looking very bad for Michael Sims. As many of us are already aware, Michael Sims continues to lose market share. HIV flows like a river of blood. Michael Sims is the most endangered of them all.

      Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

      Michael Sims husband Seth Finkelstein states that there are 7000 users of his anus. How many users of his mouth are there? Let's see. The number of anal vs. oral ejaculations on Michael Sims is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 ejaculations in Michael Sims's mouth. Michael Sims's bloody scat sessions are about half of the volume of Michael Sims sloppy facials. Therefore there are about 700 users of Michael Sims's filthy torn rectum. A recent article put anal sex with high-risk intraveneous drug users at about 80 percent of Michael Sims's escapades. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 HIV virii in Michael Sims. This is consistent with the number of Michael Sims's lesions.

      Due to the troubles of Kaposi's Sarcoma, anal fissures and so on, Timothy died of GRID. Now Jamie is also dead, his corpse turned over to another San Francisco bathhouse.

      All major surveys show that Michael Sims has steadily declined in white blood cell count. Michael Sims is very sick and his long term survival prospects are very dim. If Michael Sims is to survive at all it will be among homosexual scat dabblers. Michael Sims continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save him at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Michael Sims is dead.

      Fact: Michael Sims is dead.

  2. I've got nothing to say. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just wanted first. It's pretty sad, really.

    1. Re:I've got nothing to say. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Even sadder because I didn't get first. Nuts.

  3. Damnit people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HAM Radio is dead. Didn't anyone tell you?

    No go ask mom what's for dinner.

    1. Re:Damnit people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      goodbuddy, your momma forgot to tell me last night, 10-4

  4. fp??! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    clean message board... so fresh... so clean...

  5. You know you're a geek when... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This article makes sense.

    gain? meters? WTF are you talking about?

  6. linux newbie question of the night by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    just installed RH 7.2. Upgraded XFree86 to 4.2.0 (card was buggy under 3.6.1, which comes with the distribution). Now how the heck do I force the launch of a desktop environment? I can get an X server running, but cannot get a DE to run on top of it. any help appreciated :)

    1. Re:linux newbie question of the night by CmdrTaco+(editor) · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      the command is: "init 5"

      All done!

  7. It's Official! Windows Is Dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It is now official - Netcraft has confirmed: Windows is dying

    Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered Microsoft Corporation when recently IDC confirmed that Windows accounts for a declining fraction of all Internet servers. Coming on the heels of the latest Netcraft survey which plainly states that Windows has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Windows is collapsing in complete disarray, as further exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.

    You don't need to be Kreskin to predict Windows's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Windows faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Windows because Windows is dying. Things are looking very bad for Windows. As many of us are already aware, Windows continues to lose market share. The green ink from declining sales flows like a river of blood. Windows XP is the most endangered of them all, having lost more of its core developers than any other operating system.

    Due to the troubles of Microsoft, abysmal sales of Windows and other products and so on. Recently, Slashdot reported a possible removal of Windows from the market by Microsoft. This only serves to confirm the fact that Windows is unwanted, doomed to be passed around like a harelip orphan from one foster parent to another.

    All major surveys show that Windows has steadily declined in market share. Windows is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Windows is to survive at all it will be among OS hobbyist dabblers. Windows continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Windows is dead.

    Fact: Windows is dead

  8. Uh, ham radio? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No thanks. I don't want to have to learn stupid and obsolete morse code SHIT. All those old fucks can shove their ham radios right up their wrinkly asses because ham radio is DEAD.

  9. Re:Long distances... by Mononoke · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    BWP - AKA N5VMF
    Hey Gary. How are things in Conroe Texas these days?

    (Sorry, just amazed that people will put a direct link to their home address on the web.)

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  10. Re:1.5 KW by Mononoke · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    de KO6RM
    Hey Jeremy, how are things in apartment 218 these days?

    (I know I sure as heck wouldn't put my home address in a slashdot posting.)

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  11. Re:I'd recommend against it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Baaaa Baa Baaaa
    Obey the laaaaaw...
    That's right, good little sheep, keep following and pay your taxes...

  12. Re:1200 bps - 11 Mbps by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Got an 8 bit computer in the back of the closet with two serial ports? The modem part is 4 dirt-cheap chips: XR2211, 567, and 2 RS232 chips. The software is dead easy assembler code.

    Back in the old days (1980) the 8 bit machine was the computer. SWTPc 6809 Flex boxes were the favorite, but just about anything was used, including TRS-80s.

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  13. Re:OT (sort of) - Cellular Jammer Kit? by 400+MHZ+BUS · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Simple!
    Just buy an IFR, copy ALL of the LCRs around the areas you drive and set the service monitor to GENERATE, and crank the dial all the way up on the LCR/s frequency of course!
    Use and outside antenna to get max range, better still, get the 30dB generate amplifier option IFR sells, that way you can get a much denser signal.

    OR:

    Buy an old Motorola 250 series bag phone, short pins 20 and 21 together, hit 55# to get (US) displayed, then enter your channel number by keying: 11XXX where XXX is the FCC channel designator, then key in "#" to set that channel.

    There are many more "tricks" to add to this, but you get the idea.
    To reset the phone, key 01# and you will reset, and then you will see streaming data referencing the active control channel, RSSI and more.

    Brute force intermod via 800 Mhz. Type I, II, IIi and LTR radios "may" get you some disconnects, but highly unlikely(806-866), Cell: 824-849/866-894+, A/B bands. Wide filters may get some IMD products through, but commercial radios seldom employ wideband filtering in the TX/RX sections, but hey, try those high powered mobiles on the harmonic relationship(406-470 Mhz. Those old Maratracs are easily "unfiltered".....Micors also.

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