[Sentoa] Sentoa Digest, Vol 68, Issue 11

[Jim Waskowich]

Bill - that's an interesting aside on the wifi.  I didn't realize the ham license would come into play.  Is this limited to a certain class?  

Jim Waskowich
Grand Adventure
NT37-142


--- On Thu, 2/12/09, SVToybox at aol.com <SVToybox at aol.com> wrote:

> From: SVToybox at aol.com <SVToybox at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Sentoa] Sentoa Digest, Vol 68, Issue 11
> To: sentoa at lists.samurai.com
> Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 12:54 AM
> In a message dated 2/12/2009 12:00:18 A.M. Eastern Standard
> Time,  
> sentoa-request at lists.samurai.com writes:
> 
> 
> ...
>  
> For WiFi, I have not tried the 5 mile, but I have had good
> luck with  
> assembling my own for a little more money. I will use an
> 8db-10db  omni-directional 
> marine antenna located on the pony mast with a 1 watt 
> bi-directional amp to a 
> 300mw card.  The result is about 3 watts output, if  I keep
> the line losses 
> small and the cable short.  My Ham license permits  the
> over legal limit.  This 
> combination permitted stable connections to  unsecured
> systems 5 to 10 miles 
> from the coast line, with occasional 10-15 mile 
> connections.
>  
> Bill Bowen
> NT 32-287
> Middletown, Ohio