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RCMAN46 wrote:Doesnt really matter anyway. As has been proven over and over again, 2GHz penetrates and wraps the horizon far better than anyone expected 30+ years ago. Back in the 70's they thought UHF was line of sight tooFizz wrote:
Not to get too picky but...
Isn't the horizon only 3 miles away, after that everything drops out of sight.
You would need a very tall tower to see something 20 miles away. This is assuming WiFi needs line of sight to work.
From my home in Idaho I can see the Grand Teton which is about 80 miles away.
So it all depends on where the antennas are mounted.
โFeb-04-2016 06:35 AM
Fizz wrote:
Not to get too picky but...
Isn't the horizon only 3 miles away, after that everything drops out of sight.
You would need a very tall tower to see something 20 miles away. This is assuming WiFi needs line of sight to work.
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โFeb-03-2016 11:54 PM
JoeyM wrote:there is no limits for range, only records to beat.
Pretty sure they were only running 1 watt - the FCC limit for Wifi. As a ham for many years, I can tell you we're careful to stay within legal limits on or off the ham bands. As far as I know, the limit for Wifi is 238 miles! http://www.cnet.com/news/new-wi-fi-distance-record-382-kilometers/
โFeb-03-2016 06:53 PM
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โFeb-03-2016 09:13 AM
Fizz wrote:
Not to get too picky but...
Isn't the horizon only 3 miles away, after that everything drops out of sight.
You would need a very tall tower to see something 20 miles away. This is assuming WiFi needs line of sight to work.
โFeb-03-2016 04:48 AM
โFeb-03-2016 12:17 AM
Rbertalotto wrote:I didn't bother to watch the whole thing, but at first glance my guess is the gain of that parabolic is somewhere between 18-23db. If you average that to around ~20db with 4watts into the feed horn, that's 400 watts ERP. So a 25mile link is nothing, but where do you plan on mounting it on an RV? AND.... likely the claimed 25 mile link is with a pair of these in open and unobstructed space, right? So talking to the local CG "free WiFi" will likely be reduced to hundreds of feet, not even miles.
It's only a 4 watt amplifier.....But like he says, the parabolic antenna increases this power many times.
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