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but if there was no regulation we could increase the transmit power and have better signal!
by tomn 4y ago
but if there was no regulation we could increase the transmit power and have better signal!
- CamperBob2 4y agoExactly, by actually taking advantage of advances in RF and information theory since the Communications Act of 1934. Which we can't do at the moment.
- lazide 4y agoUh, that is not what the comment you are relying to likely meant. The issue in apartments is TOO much power, not too little.
- CamperBob2 4y agoI know that's not what he meant, but his thesis is wrong. The law is written to impose artificial restrictions on things like power, antenna gain, and symbol rates, and those restrictions are actively counterproductive. Both amateur and commercial developers are forbidden from using the best available technology to use the RF spectrum as efficiently as possible.
- lazide 4y agoCare to elaborate? Edit: prior poster elaborated after I wrote this comment.
- tomn 4y agoIf an individual increases their TX power it would help them, but make others' experience worse. In a situation like an apartment block, if everyone increased their TX power then everyone would have a worse experience. The point of this specific regulation is to prevent tragedy of the commons in a shared band -- if you want fewer restrictions go ahead and license your own spectrum; it wont be cheap. If anything, it should be responding to new technology by encouraging their use to make use of shared bands more efficient, for example by reducing the power limit and restricting the use of inefficient modulation schemes. edit: I know the article was about symbol rates, and I would agree that a symbol rate limit is silly, but you're responding to my comment which was just about the power limit.