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Re:43 km line of sight with USB WiFi stick (2005) by Sporktacular on Thursday March 03, 2022 @05:16PM (#30547792)
It's also handy when you only need a low data rate and can make your channel bandwidth was wide as you like without worrying about licensing restrictions.
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Re:43 km line of sight with USB WiFi stick (2005) by KennyBlanken on Thursday March 03, 2022 @05:23PM (#30547863)
That's...not how that works. The FCC requires power be dropped to compensate for antenna gain.

https://afar.net/tutorials/fcc-rules/

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Re:43 km line of sight with USB WiFi stick (2005) by Sporktacular on Friday March 04, 2022 @06:07AM (#30553146)
For a space probe? I'm saying to get that performance NASA has some operating freedoms the rest of us don't.
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Re:43 km line of sight with USB WiFi stick (2005) by Sporktacular on Saturday March 05, 2022 @12:43PM (#30569801)
Besides, I didn't mention power level. Yes, effective radiated power is regulated.
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