Hey Chris (and all)- Wrong. Take a closer look at the rules Andy just emailed out. Section 4 -- Equipment Limitations and Certifications: 15.203 - An intentional radiator shall be designed to ensure no antenna other then that furnished by the responsible party shall be used with the device. ...and... 15.204c: Only the antenna with which an intentional radiator is authorized may be used with the intentional radiator. So it _is_ illegal to do what we are discussing here. But everything we discuss on this list is purely academic until someone builds it, right? :) Regards, ---Matthew Genelin--- > It would not be illegal to use the DBS dish as long as you reduce the > transmit power level as requied by the FCC. > > The amount you have to reduce the power is directly dependent on the > actual gain of the antenna system. > > -- > 73 Chris Cox N0UK, G4JEC, ex-AB0CN, ex-G8PTC RNARS #1157 EN34jv > > chrisc at Chris.Org Ping Jockey's do it until they HEAR the burn... > WWW Home Page: http://WWW.Chris.Org/ http://www.pingjockey.net > Cultural observation: > Europeans think 100 miles is a long way; > Americans think 100 years is a long time! > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list