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claudex 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device op...

longer wavelength also means longer antenna, which doesn't fit most use case for inside usage.

dcow 6 months ago [–]

Have you seen modern cell and wifi antennas? The wavelength of wifi is 11cm so you make a quarter wave antenna and print it right on to the board [1].

1. https://www.antenna-theory.com/antennas/patches/pifa.php

Dylan16807 6 months ago | [–]

"below 300MHz" means a wavelength of at least a meter.

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