Hi, John, Jeff and list,
So, I'm about to get a new bridge, g-enabled. Several choices seem to fit.
Some of them appear to be what I've come to be cautioned about - alligators. At least one of them allows me to set the size of his mouth, so that's helpful to me and my neighbors when I get it going wherever I am, though I'm not certain he can be muzzled sufficiently to avoid yelling a bit.
However, one of them is fixed at 16dBm, with no comment about mw amplification. mw amplification I understand at least enough to be dangerous, but this and some others have no comment on their amplification mw level.
It's my presumption that every bridge made has *some* level of amplification. However, they don't seem to talk about it until one gets to at least 100mw. Given that 100 to 200 is only 3dBm in those I've seen, 16 infers something on the order of 40mw.
At what point does a bridge become an alligator? And since I'm clueless, other than what I read, and manufacturers and marketers have widely herein been chastised for inaccuracies or outright deception, what does 16dBm translate to in mw amplification? And, for that matter, can I take what I see in the specifications with any degree of seriousness, or should I, as in the case of the prior antenna discussion, just assume that whatever I read is either inaccurate or intentionally misrepresented, and buy on price and warranty?
Thanks for any assistance.
L8R
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