[aprssig] Dirt Cheap USB WiFi Dongle

[Steve Noskowicz]

  ?? According to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#802.11n and
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n-2009 
"n" *does* use 5GHz.  I thought so and just checked:
 
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73, Steve, K9DCI   USN (Vet)  MOT (Ret)  Ham (Yet)
 
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 From: Bill Vodall <wa7nwp at gmail.com>
To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig at tapr.org> 
Sent: Monday, October 7, 2013 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Dirt Cheap USB WiFi Dongle
  

> This device appeared in the latest email flyer I received this morning from > Monoprice.
>
> *** Ultra-Mini USB Wireless Lan 802.11N Adapter - 1T1R (150Mbps)  ***
>
> <http://www.monoprice.com/Product/?c_id=105&cp_id=10501&cs_id=1050108&p_id=8072&seq=1&format=2#description>
>
> $7.44 for a WiFi B/G/N dongle that sticks barely a 1/4-inch out of a USB

That's a good price.  Now if only we could get something similar that
works in the 5 Ghz band to get away from the traffic on 2.4 Ghz.
(Even better would be 3.5 Ghz, 900 Mhz or 430 Mhz but that's another
SIG...)

Bill, WA7NWP

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