"Barry Watzman" wrote in message
...
That may be true but to use it that way legally you would need an amateur
license, and this is not just a paperwork exercise, you have to pass FCC
exams covering electronics and radio theory (plus laws and regulations) to
get one. For most people, it's not an option.

Very few people would have significnat difficulty passing the technician class
license exam that's needed to operate on 2.4GHz. Indeed, there are many
month-long (meet a couple times a week) classes and even weekend "cram"
classes that have near 100% success rates in getting people their tickets. A
passing score is 80%!

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:09:30 -0700, Joel Kolstad wrote:
"Barry Watzman" wrote:
That may be true but to use it that way legally you would need an amateur
license, and this is not just a paperwork exercise, you have to pass FCC
exams covering electronics and radio theory (plus laws and regulations) to
get one. For most people, it's not an option.

Very few people would have significnat difficulty passing the technician class
license exam that's needed to operate on 2.4GHz. Indeed, there are many
month-long (meet a couple times a week) classes and even weekend "cram"
classes that have near 100% success rates in getting people their tickets. A
passing score is 80%!

But, I suppose that believing, as did an earlier poster:
"Bear in mind that 2.4GHz is also an amateur band where no erp limits exist!!"
is acceptable for these No-Code, No-Klew Licensees?

"Allodoxaphobia" wrote in message
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But, I suppose that believing, as did an earlier poster:
"Bear in mind that 2.4GHz is also an amateur band where no erp limits
exist!!"
is acceptable for these No-Code, No-Klew Licensees?

That's what you get when at least the ARRL seems to be primarily interested in
keeping the number of amateurs high even as society in general seems to be
less and less willing to work a little for a bit of knowledge.

Significant power is still hard enough to come by at 2.4GHz that most of them
will probably run out of interest or money before doing *too* much damage. :-)
That being said, it's not like you need that much power to go impressive
distances anyway; see: http://www.wifiworldrecord.com/ .

---Joel