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The actual emitted power is magnified by the antenna gain (say 14db) its not consumer 100 mw any more. And those sort of antennas have very pronounced side lob
by spacecowboy_lon 11y ago
The actual emitted power is magnified by the antenna gain (say 14db) its not consumer 100 mw any more. And those sort of antennas have very pronounced side lobes.
And to get range they normally run these blue tooth/wifi sniper rifles much hotter than your consumer wifi AP
PTP you can run 4W
- Ao7bei3s 11y agoThe antennas nominal gain applies only in the direction of the main lobe, ie. not towards your head. A typical Yagis strongest sidelobe will be well into the negative dB. Also, both the consumer hardware 100mW limit and the 4W PTP limit are EIRP (in the US; apparently; I'm from Germany), so the gains don't matter. And you achieve them with very directional antennas (which are hard to aim by hand), not with a strong transmitter. Radio range is not the problem at all when aiming by eye - because your target is small, it's line of sight, and the pilot is likely not using a very strong transmitter and a very directional antenna.