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High-Speed Multimedia Hamming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dit-da-dit-dit-dit dept.

Skuld-Chan writes "I noticed a few days ago that the ARRL (Amateur Radio Relay League) formed a working group to promote use of 802.11 protocols on the amateur radio bands."

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  1. We just discussed this last night in HWUG by Brento · · Score: 4, Informative

    Houston Wireless User Group just discussed this as our presentation for last night's monthly meeting, oddly enough, complete with a very nice presentation by Erewhon.

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  2. Communicating with unlicensed stations? by GlassUser · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was at the Houston Wireless Users Group (HWUG - http://www.houstonwireless.org/) meeting last night and this was our primary topic. One concern we had was stations supervised by licensed operators and classed under Part 97 communicating with Part 15 Unlicensed (eg Joe Sixpack WiFi APs) stations. I believe the consensus is that you're not supposed to communicate like that, but I don't think anyone has proposed effective access controls for it. Any suggestions?

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  3. Re:'regular' 802.11 networks in danger? by OverCode@work · · Score: 3, Informative

    Is there much a determined radio amateur couldn't jam?

    It rarely happens on purpose. Causing intentional harmful interference is a big no-no in amateur radio. It's against the spirit of the hobby, and quite illegal in most places. Among other things, the amateur radio rules require a specific receiving party; you can't just transmit garbage for no reason.

    That said, part 15 devices must accept harmful interference from properly licensed non-15 devices. If a receiver can't handle a nearby signal from a device operated legally under part 97 (with proper identification, power output, receiving end, etc), too bad. Get a better receiver or petition the FCC to open up more frequency space to unlicensed low-power devices. I think that's the real solution.

    -John, KG4RUO