[P1] External Antennae for Airport

Richard McKay richard.mckay1 at virgin.net
Wed Oct 1 05:41:20 PDT 2003


Chris Beaumont wrote the following:

> This isn't true, you would need to have an *extremely* high gain
> antenna with the tiny 30 mw output of the Airport to break the FCC
> regulations.

<snip>
 
and 

> On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 06:29  PM, Ian Sidle wrote:
> 
>> Not trying to crash the party  here but *beware*...
>> 
>> Using an non-compliant antenna (A.K.A. one not created by the
>> manufacturer or one certified for the model) is *illegal*.
>> 802.11b/WiFi/Airport/etc operate under part15 (unlicensed) rules of
>> the FCC. 

<snip>

Another point to mention is that although the majority? of the list members
are in the US not all are...therefore there *may* be different regulations
in the EU and everywhere else...

Richard
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