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Re: NEW 2009 Control System Released

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Originally Posted by Roboj View Post
You are correct that 802.11b/g only have 3 clear channels. However, the FAQ did not say b or g were being used. Other 802.11 variants (such as 802.11a) do have 11 non-overlapping clear channels.
No IEEE 802.11 b/g has 11 channels in the U.S. and Canada. The reason you cannot use them all at once is that adjacent channels overlap this gives you 6 channel that can be run on top of each other. Or sequenced overlap of 1,3,5,7,9,11,2,4,6,8,10 in one dimension.
or
____1
__3___5
7___9___11
__4___2
____6
in two dimensions
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