At 13:18 -0500 3/8/10, John Musbach wrote: >Basically, in lower power access points--like consumer Apple airport >base stations the signal is broadcast in a circular fashion around the >base station. But as the power increases, the signal becomes more and >more narrow until at the highest powers the signal is simply broadcast >in a line from the access point to the receiving end. At least that's >how I understand it.
There are government rules about transmitted power. And they really are necessary to prevent spoiling the whole idea of RF connection for others. So, given that the power is limited, the way to increase apparent power for specific usage is to use an antenna that concentrates energy in a beam. As long as the receiver is in the beam it's a good way to get better communication without violating the rules. A bussword is "antenna gain" which measures the ratio of directed power to a simple dipole antenna which radiates a disk or to, as dbi, an impossible antenna that radiates equally in all directions of 3D space. -- -> The US of A is getting pelloreid <- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
