[Cu-wireless] major interference

[Mike Lehman]

Mark,
Yeah, I remember that. They are a weird bunch, as a rule. I don't see 
anything unsafe about it. These guys don't mind sitting next to big 
transmitters, but they get freqed-out (pun intended) by a little spread 
spectrum. Must be why I still don't have an amateur license...

But, it occured to me that this might be one way to get them interested. 
They always like to go after anybody they even _think_ is operating 
illegally, because I think it's pretty much the only exciting thing that 
hams do anymore. Just an idea that might subvert them into the wireless 
fold in some way, if all else fails.
Mike

Illustrious niteshad wrote:

> 
> Normally, I'd agree, but Dave Young had mentioned that a group of the local hams in Urbana had some sort of inexplicable antipathy towards our lil' ol' 2.4 GHz network.  IIRC, they claimed that using 2.4 GHz was "inherently unsafe."  
> 
> Then again, all that we need is for someone to go war-driving/war-walking with a directional antenna (Pringles can, *cough* *cough*) along a baseline, and we should be able to pin-point the evil-doer quite well ourselves.  That's pretty much how the Motor City Radio Club pinpoints sources when they play "the Fox and the Hounds" during their annual field day.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net>
> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:51:50 -0500
> To: wireless at ucimc.org
> Subject: Re: [Cu-wireless] major interference
> 
> 
>>Ooooh. Call in the hams. They'll take the evildoer down.
>>Mike Lehman