[TriLUG] BlueTooth dongle purchase

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Brian McCullough wrote:

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

I'd be surprised. You can buy 500mW usb dongle wifi clients 
too (I have one), but the spec says 50mW. I don't know 
what's going on. Maybe they're just getting away with not 
being caught. Maybe it's like CB boosters (1kW on CB).

> 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.

this is what I remember too

Joe
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