Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!jarthur!ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucsd!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: alan@adept.uucp (Alan Ruffer) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Apple Wants Radio Waves For Data Transmission Message-ID: Date: 16 Feb 91 01:50:32 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Reply-To: Alan Ruffer Organization: Perfect Partners Inc., Sulphur, LA Lines: 30 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 119, Message 8 of 11 In article <74672@bu.edu.bu.edu> Ken Thompson writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 114, Message 8 of 10 > You are late to the party, Apple. > NCR has had > its WaveLan out since last year. It operates spread spectrum in the > 908-928 MHz band at a 2M data rate with DES encoding for security. > RF power is two watts and with small gain antenna distances of five > miles between nodes is easily attained. I think it lists for $1390 a > node, installs in any IBM compatable, and is Netware compatable. The REALLY sad part about all this is that 902.0 - 928.0 Mhz is the amateur radio 33 centimeter band. Devices that operate in this band are NOT guaranteed freedom from interference! There are other wireless gadgets that operate in this frequency range too. Buyers of these devices should be aware of this. While it is illegal for an amateur to intentionally interfere, these devices are subject to unintentional interference, and amateurs may ALSO be subject to interference from these transmiters. This is a bad situation that will get much worse before it gets better. Alan R. Ruffer UUCP: {csccat,chinacat!holston}!adept!alan Route 1, Box 1745 Amateur Radio Station WB5FKH Sulphur, LA 70663 BBS: (318) 527-6667, 19200(PEP)/9600(V.32)/2400/1200