Hi George, 49 here also, when do you turn 50?
-Dee Alaska Wireless Systems 1(907)240-2183 Cell 1(907)349-2226 Fax 1(907)349-4308 Office www.akwireless.net ----- Original Message ----- From: George Rogato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:06:43 -0900 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Brief report from FCC visit > No little kids here. Mine are all grown. One is the admin for > OregonFAST.net and the other 2 are pc techs here as well. > 2 of them are actually owners of this business. > > My wife mentioned having another but at 49, I'm thinking thats not a > good thing. > > George > > > Patrick Leary wrote: > > You must not have little kids like I do! They got me up nice and early > > at 6:30 AM today. I would not know recognize a weekend morning without > > Sagwa or Clifford the Big Red Dog. > > > > Patrick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of George Rogato > > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 8:49 AM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Brief report from FCC visit > > > > First off Patrick, we will be going to the carpet in a few minutes when > > I get my thoughts collected. I just woke up an hour ago and am sometimes > > > > a little sluggish in the early hours. > > > > 2nd, Dlink, Linksys and Netgear all have antennas listed on their sites > > for use with their units. > > > > I may be wrong, but I would ass u me that they have been certified. > > > > But do your due diligense and check first to make sure. > > > > :) > > > > George > > > > > > > > Patrick Leary wrote: > > > >>"If your talking boxed units like netgear, dlink, and linksys sell, Of > >>course they are certified. Is the certification void if it was torn > >>apart and had a bigger antenna and amplifier added, probably not, > > > > unless > > > >>it is to their certified specs." > >> > >>That would be uncertified. This is not a debatable point. This would > > > > be > > > >>taking a consumer device, which is built to permit "self-installation" > >>into a device for which the FCC says there must be a "professional" > >>installation. These are the most confusing parts of the rules for > >>novices, but basically if you are installing for another end user, you > >>are assumed to be "professional," which actually imposes certain > >>liabilities and responsibilities on you. > >> > >>Further, this would void the certification EVEN if it still met the > >>manufacturer specs because, for better of worse, only the OEM > >>manufacturer can self-certify antenna changes. George, you were in the > >>room at the FCC with me when they told us this so you know it. It is > >>impossible to forget since Marlon pounded them about for most of the > >>meeting but they would not budge that only a manufacturer can pick and > >>chose additional antennas and then only antennas of equal or less > > > > power > > > >>AND with similar specs (relative to emissions on sidelobs, etc.). > > > > Really > > > >>all that was done in that ruling was to make the "permissive change" > >>rules more simple. None of this was done for the protection of the > >>manufacturers, but rather to make sure the FCC had one throat to > > > > choke. > > > >>Patrick Leary > >>AVP WISP Markets > >>Alvarion, Inc. > >>o: 650.314.2628 > >>c: 760.580.0080 > >>Vonage: 650.641.1243 > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On > > > >>Behalf Of George Rogato > >>Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 8:24 AM > >>To: WISPA General List > >>Subject: Re: [WISPA] Brief report from FCC visit > >> > >> > >> > >>Sam Tetherow wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>So are you saying that a PCMCIA card with software and internal > >> > >>antenna > >> > >> > >>>is not certified? > >>> > >>>No one has yet to answer this question for me. Is it legal for Best > >> > >>Buy > >> > >> > >>>to sell DLink/Linksys/Netgear/Belkin/... pcmcia cards for laptops? > >> > >>What > >> > >> > >>>about USB dongles? If they are legal how is they can certify a card > >> > >>and > >> > >> > >>>drivers, but we can't certify a minipci with software? > >>> > >> > >> > >>If your talking boxed units like netgear, dlink, and linksys sell, > >>Of course they are certified. > >>Is the certification void if it was torn apart and had a bigger > > > > antenna > > > >>and amplifier added, probably not, unless it is to their certified > >>specs. > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > George Rogato > > Welcome to WISPA > > www.wispa.org > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
