Well, I stand corrected! I was sure that I had read somewhere that using gain antennae was fine, as long as you reduced the TX power by 1dB for each 3dB of gain added. Perhaps that only applies though if you're using an antenna supplied by the manufacturer of the equipment. On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 mgenelin at ieee.umn.edu wrote: > Hey Chris (and all)- > > Wrong. Take a closer look at the rules Andy just emailed out. > > Section 4 -- Equipment Limitations and Certifications: > > 15.203 - An intentional radiator shall be designed to ensure no antenna > other then that furnished by the responsible party shall be used with the > device. > > ...and... > > 15.204c: Only the antenna with which an intentional radiator is authorized > may be used with the intentional radiator. > > So it _is_ illegal to do what we are discussing here. But everything we > discuss on this list is purely academic until someone builds it, right? :) > > Regards, > ---Matthew Genelin--- > > > > It would not be illegal to use the DBS dish as long as you reduce the > > transmit power level as requied by the FCC. > > > > The amount you have to reduce the power is directly dependent on the > > actual gain of the antenna system. > > > > -- > > 73 Chris Cox N0UK, G4JEC, ex-AB0CN, ex-G8PTC RNARS #1157 EN34jv > > > > chrisc at Chris.Org Ping Jockey's do it until they HEAR the burn... > > WWW Home Page: http://WWW.Chris.Org/ http://www.pingjockey.net > > Cultural observation: > > Europeans think 100 miles is a long way; > > Americans think 100 years is a long time! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > Minnesota > > http://www.tcwug.org > > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > -- 73 Chris Cox N0UK, G4JEC, ex-AB0CN, ex-G8PTC RNARS #1157 EN34jv chrisc at Chris.Org Ping Jockey's do it until they HEAR the burn... WWW Home Page: http://WWW.Chris.Org/ http://www.pingjockey.net Cultural observation: Europeans think 100 miles is a long way; Americans think 100 years is a long time! _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list