Some questions on the legality of Wifi

[EricH]

Originally Posted by The Doctor

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?

Let's start with T4. Anything in violation of that will most certainly be shut down by field staff. So your hotspot and your 5GHz AP are both non-starters.


Bluetooth may be an option, but it's rather short-range.