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Message no. 1
From: _hEx_ iti03678@****.co.za
Subject: Transmitter Bandwidth
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:51:25 +0200
My PCs are pulling an insertion in thier next game session and intend
to transmit data over a laser or microwave link to a waiting aerial
drone. How much data could they send and receive per second and what
gear would they have to buy?

<hex@*************.com>
bad luck
Message no. 2
From: Oliver McDonald oliver@*********.com
Subject: Transmitter Bandwidth
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 07:31:24 -0800 (PST)
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:51:25 +0200, _hEx_ wrote:

>My PCs are pulling an insertion in thier next game session and intend
>to transmit data over a laser or microwave link to a waiting aerial
>drone. How much data could they send and receive per second and what
>gear would they have to buy?

Depends. The data rate for laser/microwave transmission is effectively unlimited. How
many megapulses, gigapulses, or
even terapulses per second is dependant on how good, read expensive, their equipment is.
Since the gear is not listed in
cannon SR books, you can decide all of the above. Don't make it too cheap though. Since
I don't know how much the run is
worth, I can't give you guidelines, other than that it shouldn't cost more than 75% of the
revenue from the run.

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One thing you may want to consider, the corp they are extracting the data from may notice
the drone... One SAM (Surface to
Air Missile) will deal with a drone quite effectively...

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Oliver McDonald - oliver@*********.com
http://www.spydernet.com/oliver/
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Message no. 3
From: HHackerH@***.com HHackerH@***.com
Subject: Transmitter Bandwidth
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:29:09 EST
In a message dated 2/28/00 10:32:11 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
oliver@*********.com writes:

> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:51:25 +0200, _hEx_ wrote:
>
> >My PCs are pulling an insertion in thier next game session and intend
> >to transmit data over a laser or microwave link to a waiting aerial
> >drone. How much data could they send and receive per second and what
> >gear would they have to buy?
>
> Depends. The data rate for laser/microwave transmission is effectively
> unlimited. How many megapulses, gigapulses, or
> even terapulses per second is dependant on how good, read expensive, their
> equipment is. Since the gear is not listed in
> cannon SR books, you can decide all of the above. Don't make it too cheap
> though. Since I don't know how much the run is
> worth, I can't give you guidelines, other than that it shouldn't cost more
> than 75% of the revenue from the run.

IF all else fails, the transmitter should have a rating of some sort. Borrow
the "maximum I/O ratings" from the cyberdecks section(s) of the VR2.0 and use
those if you have a question about rates of transfer.

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-"Just a Bastard"
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"Children of the Kernel"
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