[TriLUG] BlueTooth dongle purchase

[Brian McCullough]

> > On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:34:14 -0700 (PDT), Joseph Mack NA3T said:
> >> For the BlueTooth w/s on 15 Sep
> >>
> >> http://trilug.org/2012-09-bluetooth
> >>
> >> participants can purchase a bluetooth dongle for about $40
> >> (link on announcment page).
> >>
> >> The device has a range of 300m. There is a R-SMA connector

This is very interesting.  I gather that the Bluetooth specification has
changed since I was last working with it.

What I remember is more like 10m.  At that time Bluetooth devices were
intended for "personal area networking," very short range, not quite as
short as Near-Field, but getting there.


Brian