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Some questions on the legality of Wifi

I've heard that Wifi isn't permitted at competitions, but I'm somewhat unsure as to the exact limitations of it.

I want to put a hotspot in our pit at competition this year so that pit scouting can be done on mobile devices and uploaded to a central server. Then, ideally, we can do some statistical analysis to look at our best matches.

I was wondering if 5ghz APs are allowed in the pit area? If not, are there any other IP-over-RF encapsulation methods that are compatible with most mobile devices and tablets?

I do realize that we could upload data over cellular, but it wouldn't work very well for us this year because we're traveling to Canada and roaming data is expensive.
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