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Re: For the Wireless Guys

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Wed Aug 16 17:03:16 2017

X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:03:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>
To: Sean Heskett <afmug@zirkel.us>
In-Reply-To: <CAFLDWnqAEe6epbjTwGz-HudsQaT+FLoDuQ=Rxgavqn5GNnh52w@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org

On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, Sean Heskett wrote:

> 2.4GHz is only stopped by a tree because the FCC EIRP limit for point to
> multipoint gear is 4 watts or 36dbm.  If you turn the power up high enough
> 2.4GHz will easily go through trees and other objects.  It's a regulatory
> limit, not a physics limit ;-)

So you're saying, with enough power, line of sight will be cleared...at 
least of any organic obstacles?  :)

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