[MLB-WIRELESS] ACA discussion paper

[Ryan Abbenhuys]

Personally I don't feel there's that much crossover between HAM's and Wifi
users and don't see the benefit.

The only crossover I see is in some of the RF theory and antenna design and
usage.  I beleive most Wifi users are more into the networking/computer
side of things rather than the RF side.  If they were *that* much
interested in the RF side they would probably go to the effort to get a
radio license and join a amatuer radio club....rather than a computer nerd
club as melbwireless is primarily.

I think if there's going to be any crossover it's mostly going to be the
other direction with HAM's wanting to use Wifi gear because they're into
computers as well.  In which case they've already got the license.

>> Unless there's some form of exemption under the current wlan
>> legislation, we're restricted to the 4W max ERIP, regardless of if we
>> have a licence to play around with higher outputs in other 
>> parts of the
>> spectrum. I can see that some people - possibly me, I should 
>> add - will
>> enjoy the crossover from wlan to general RF adventures, but at this
>> point any discussion of entry-level licences in relation to wlan is
>> irrelevant because of this cap.
>> Again, I'm open to criticism.
>
>I disagree, at least in part.  Yes, if all you want to do is play WLAN on
>the Melbourne Wireless (i.e. public, general access) network, then entry
>level licences and such are irrelevant.  However, others may want to play
in
>other ways not permitted under the class licence (higher power, other
>frequencies, other forms of data transmission, home brew RF hardware, the
>list goes on...).  These people may be interested in additional things
>besides the Melbourne Wireless network.
>
>It's kind of like the old days where a lot of amateurs had a CB stashed
away
>(and many still do!) - not that many would admit to it in the 1980's and
for
>much of the 1990's, but that was in many cases (myself included) so they
>could keep in touch with their mates on CB, or enjoy the open, public
nature
>of the medium, yet have the option to (legally) run higher power and other
>modes on the amateur bands.
>
>Hopefully this time around, it'll happen without the aggro that occured
over
>the uears between hams and CBers.
>
>There is room for cross pollination, and some of the stuff I'm playing
with
>on the ham bands could be legally used using wireless as the physical
layer,
>instead of the wired Internet.  Hmm, endless possibilities... tinker
time...
>:-)
>
>BTW, how many in the group have UHF CB?
>
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