khaoz wrote:
I know you have to be within 150 feet or so to whack a wifi and There is no residential structure that close to my apartment complex. Everyone else in this building of twenty residents is a female over the age of 65. I don't think any of them are hacksters. Even the nutcase underneath me lives with his mommy.
I hate to burst your bubble, but it can be done at far greater distances with the right equipment. Actually us hams have set out and last I knew had done something like 24 miles successfully. This wasn't actually hacking into someone's wifi, but done with the right equipment a mile or two would be fairly easy with a clear line of sight. I personally and a ham friend have done around 4 miles his house to mine with no difficulty.
Edit:
Haven't personally kept up with this but it appears in 2005 some hams from my state did 125 miles so I guess I am behind the times as usual.
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