[MLB-WIRELESS] Microtik 200mW Wireless cards for $125USD

Tue Jul 16 22:02:27 EST 2002

At 09:24 PM 16/07/2002 +1000, evilbunny wrote:

>Actually those numbers are based on -70dBm and the DLink 520's which
>have -80dBm for 11Mbits, the extra 10 is for environmental
>fluctuations...

Otherwise known as "fade margin". :-)  This is a standard "fudge factor" 
used in designing real (i.e. commercial) radio links.

73 de Tony, VK3JED
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