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Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] treating 2.4ghz as -legacy?
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Thanks for the detailed explanation about antenna issues.  One
question, if I might:

> (and don't put your AP in the attic and expect a good signal near
> the ground.... or in the basement.  Physics will make sure that the
> signal is zero at any ground, so being closer to the ground than the
> antenna weakens the signal a lot!)

I thought the opposite was true?  That is, ground loses go up when the
antenna is closer to the ground, so it was good to have bigger, taller
atenna towers?  If what you say is correct, how do antennas on cell
towers mitigate this particular issue?

						- Ted