Chris Cox wrote: > It would not be illegal to use the DBS dish as long as you reduce the > transmit power level as requied by the FCC. > > The amount you have to reduce the power is directly dependent on the > actual gain of the antenna system. Last year Tim Pozar expanded his write up on how FCC rules affect 802.11, the result is here: http://www.lns.com/papers/part15/Regulations_Affecting_802_11.pdf Section 3 discusses power limits in a very straightforward way. It's a zero-sum game for point-to-multipoint, but not so for point-to-point links. -- andyw at pobox.com Andy Warner Voice: (612) 801-8549 Fax: (208) 575-5634 _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list