> You simply aren't allowed to do much on the amateur bands besides chatting with people. Here's a fun thing you can do: 802.11b channel 1 is in the amateur ba

> You simply aren't allowed to do much on the amateur bands besides chatting with people. Here's a fun thing you can do: 802.11b channel 1 is in the amateur band, so as long as you don't use encryption, you can use quite a lot more power than the 802.11 band would normally allow. (Remember that you should only use the amount of power you need, though.) Our amateur rocketry group used ordinary wifi, amplified to 1W and run through a custom cylindrical antenna, to communicate between the rocket (breaking the sound barrier) and the ground.