From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 20:26:48 -0800 (PST)
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Intelligence Update (fwd)
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At 11:11 PM 1/30/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>Note: According to a recently obtained DOJ surveillance training manual:
>>"The typical range for the 28 ghz devices is six miles, the typical 
>>range of the 2.4 ghz is thirty miles, and the typical range for the 
>>1.7ghz  is 44 miles."

How sure are you about the quality of your sources here?
I'd expect 1.7ghz and above equipment to require line of sight,
and even a range of six miles seems really high for a very low power
device - getting that as "typical" seems pretty unlikely.
Could all of these figures have been 6, 30, and 44 _meters_ instead? :-)



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