Why would I or anyone else for that matter use anything that slow over wireless when multi megabit radios that will link reasonably long distances can be had for $50-100ea. These radios connect via ethernet with no special software. No I don't have any 56k radios on order, I don't see them as worth the cost to salvage from the trash bin next door.
Compare the range of a 25 watt radio using 100 KHz bandwidth on 440 MHz to any of the faster, higher frequency alternatives. The "reasonably long distances" doesn't really pan out when dealing with actual conditions. We're talking home to home or car - not peak to peak. The cheap radios will be running up to a watt and you're losing many dB from the higher frequencies and wider bandwidth. For a half mile or so wifi is great but more is needed for the 5 to 20+ mile range. I have one fellow active ham in range of my most robust Part 15 radio (1 W at 900 MHz), none in range of all my WRT54G's and Merakis - but perhaps a dozen or more fellow Digital Hams in range of the 56K system.
Eric AF6EP
Bill, WA7NWP
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Bill Vodall wa7nwp@gmail.com wrote:
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Or maybe the odd one-in-a-million experimenter actually might use 56k.
Doesn't everybody on this list have at least 2 of the new 56K data radios on order?
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