orrin Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Received my Nano yesterday, am busy discovering how to use it. Today, after connecting to it via wifi (with the antennas on it), for some reason i had the antennas off, and then plugged it into my laptop via the USB and was doing some learning... with no antennas for about 10 minutes. I realized after 10 minutes that my phone was picking up the broadcast ID for the management AP, duh! Which means the Nano had been transmitting (what, 10x per second?). So i wonder how much damage that did. I know from amateur radio, can't xmit without an antenna. ... I measured the Nano's signal strength by walking around with my phone and a wiFi signal strength app, and the Nano was putting out maybe 10dBm less than my ISP-router, and i went outside & i still got a signal thru 3 walls 60 ft away. So anyway, thanks for any comments. Harsh comments okay too. --orrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trashbo4t Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 What is it youre worried about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnLo Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Definitely gonna get the tumors ? J/k No harm no foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orrin Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 Ja, if this were an amateur radio transmitting for 10 minutes with no antenna, the RF finals would be fried. I just have no idea what the radios inside the Nano were 'experiencing' during ten minutes. I didn't do a "before and after" signal strength test, so it's hard to say if any damage was done. The unit is still functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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