On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 05:05:04PM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 07:16:08PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Really? I don't consider the 1.5kW limit for US amateurs > > > excessively limiting :-) Down here in Australia we are only allowed 400W. > > > > I said private, not licensed or otherwise fooled with. The limit for > > completely laissez faire use appears to be about 10mW. That is six orders of > > magnitude less than the figure you quote. > > Supposedly they give you 100mW unless something has changed recently. > Still that would get you at most a city block---and not in any city I've > ever been in. 100mW can do quite a lot. I think 100mW is quite a reasonable limit for unlicensed operation. In Australia we have a particular band of frequencies reserved for unlicensed operation (*) up to 300mW. (*) Actually it's not unlicensed, but operates under a class license like CB, ie the entire class of devices is automatically licensed. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB (ex-VK3TYD). CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.
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