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Date: Sun, 1 May 94 04:30:24 PDT
From: Ham-Homebrew Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Ham-Homebrew Digest V94 #115
To: Ham-Homebrew
Ham-Homebrew Digest Sun, 1 May 94 Volume 94 : Issue 115
Today's Topics:
digital RF Broadcasts
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Date: 30 Apr 1994 19:39:49 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!blanket.mitre.org!think.com!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!chaos.dac.neu.edu!lynx.dac.neu.edu!tafu@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: digital RF Broadcasts
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
Zack Lau (KH6CP) (zlau@arrl.org) wrote:
: yctcsl@cerfnet.com wrote:
: I'm certainly not a regulatory expert, but my experience is that
: very low frequencies tend to handle obstructions the best. The
: Navy uses them to communicate with submarines. I've actually
: heard VLF signals through our solid metal screen room walls.
: (it isn't designed to stop such low frequencies). But, generating
: strong signals generally requires large antennas and high data
: rates are usually considered impossible. Noise at VLF can also
: be a big problem. But, if you want signals to go through water,
: concrete, and steel, consider frequencies below 30 kHz.
Maybe I can share my past experience on designing 900MHz cordless phone.
It is true that frquencies as high as 900MHz has no advantage for
penetrating concrete. The $100 worth 900MHz cordless phone has coverage
similar to a $30 46-49MHz counterpart. Also at high frequencies,
problems associate with multipath fading become serious.
However, it is a trend that communication devices are getting higher and
higher in operating frequencies. That may be due to the following
points:
1. There is virtually no room at the lower end of the spectrum. On the
other hands, higher the frequency, wider the bandwidth will be.
2. Consumer product must have a small size. Low frequencies require
huge antennae.
3. With spread spectrum technology, the problem of multipath can be more
or less improved.
Regards
-Tiger
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End of Ham-Homebrew Digest V94 #115
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