"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"Gerard van Toornenberg." wrote in
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wil be replaced one of these days for a Bluetooth Miniplex.


Bluetooth needs more range. Lionheart has a Netgear wireless 802.11g LAN
up and running, awaiting the delivery of the LAN-enabled, WEP-PROTECTED,
marine instrumentation at maximum speeds to connect to it....(c;

Well, Bluetooth HAS good range, at least *we* use a Class 1 that can go up
to 100 meters. But the problem on the other end is that most PDA's and
computer dongles are class 2, reaching only 10 meters. And of course, there
is a reason for that: power. Turn on wifi on a PDA and your batteries are
dead after 2 hours. Bluetooth lasts much longer, it can go down to 1/100 of
the power consumption of a wifi interface.

Meindert