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Re: WiFi range ...

From rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: WiFi range ...
Date 2026-08-06 19:56 +0000
Message-ID <ndk77lFf88dU6@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (12 earlier) <114sfd7$21l1h$7@dont-email.me> <zvmdnT56_oJ7Uu_3nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <114v9ro$2v0oq$2@dont-email.me> <H4mdneKmp71HsOn3nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@giganews.com> <1151t29$3p218$15@dont-email.me>

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On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 13:01:13 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> I bough ten 2040 based modules fro alixepress for about $10
> 
> Essentially pi Pico with no wireless and less pins
> 
> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006024307280.html

They're about $10 apiece on Amazon. AliExpress go hit by the US de minimis 
ruling. Even before that I didn't use them. I briefly sniffed at STM32 and 
many people reported AliExpress 'Black Pill' boards definitely were black 
pills. 

Not boards, but I'd ordered Photon Micro Lights from Amazon. Some were 
very crude Chinese knockoffs. Even the Phillip screw heads looked like 
they'd been chewed in by a gerbil. When I contacted Amazon they reversed 
the charges and said to not bother returning the product. That vendor 
vanished. I imaging AliExpress's response would be 'Not our problem.'

It has been a mystery to me. China can obviously do excellent work but 
some Chinese knockoffs have the appearance of the product they are 
imitating but are crap. At what point does the manufacturing cost of crap 
versus doing a little better job make sense? 

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Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-25 01:46 -0400
  Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-25 17:56 +0000
    Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-26 01:27 -0400
      Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? TheLastSysop <thelastsysop@dev.null> - 2026-05-26 22:11 +0000
        Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-26 23:04 -0400
          Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-27 03:21 +0000
            Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-27 00:18 -0400
              Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-27 07:09 +0000
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-04 17:40 +0100
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-04 14:43 -0400
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-06-04 23:09 +0000
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-04 23:14 -0400
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                Re: Need for new personal ID numbers c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-05 01:29 -0400
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-06-05 04:53 +0000
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-05 02:13 -0400
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-05 09:26 +0100
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-05 05:24 -0400
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-06-05 17:36 +0000
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-06 00:16 -0400
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-06-06 06:08 +0000
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-06 02:43 -0400
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-06-06 20:19 +0000
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-07 05:54 -0400
                Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-06-07 19:43 +0000
            Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-27 14:14 +0100
      WiFi range ... Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-05-31 21:19 -0700
        Re: WiFi range ... TheLastSysop <thelastsysop@dev.null> - 2026-06-01 04:26 +0000
          Re: WiFi range ... Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-06-01 22:44 -0700
        Re: WiFi range ... Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-31 23:00 +0000
          Re: WiFi range ... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-31 23:34 -0400
            Re: WiFi range ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-01 05:15 +0000
              Re: WiFi range ... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-01 21:30 -0400
                Re: WiFi range ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-02 04:13 +0000
                Re: WiFi range ... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-02 01:23 -0400
                Re: WiFi range ... "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-02 14:26 +0200
                Re: WiFi range ... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-02 15:00 +0100
                Re: WiFi range ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-02 19:46 +0000
                Re: WiFi range ... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-02 22:57 -0400
                Re: WiFi range ... Robert Komar <robk@robpc4.robk-home.org> - 2026-08-02 11:59 -0400
                Re: WiFi range ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-02 19:44 +0000
                Re: WiFi range ... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-03 00:12 -0400
                Re: WiFi range ... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-03 12:22 +0100
                Re: WiFi range ... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-03 20:20 -0400
                Re: WiFi range ... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-04 11:37 +0100
                Re: WiFi range ... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-05 01:52 -0400
                Re: WiFi range ... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-05 13:21 +0100
                Re: WiFi range ... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-06 02:47 -0400
                Re: WiFi range ... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-06 13:01 +0100
                Re: WiFi range ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-06 19:56 +0000
                Re: WiFi range ... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-06 22:15 +0100
                Re: WiFi range ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-07 03:41 +0000
                Re: WiFi range ... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-07 12:26 +0100
                Re: WiFi range ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-07 18:29 +0000
                Re: WiFi range ... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-07 21:52 +0100
                Re: WiFi range ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-06 19:33 +0000
      Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-01 08:10 +0100
        Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? TheLastSysop <thelastsysop@dev.null> - 2026-06-01 07:33 +0000
          Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-02 01:35 -0400
        Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-02 01:15 -0400
          Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-06-01 22:50 -0700
            Re: Recent Experience With RF "Modem-ish" Data Links ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-06-02 03:04 -0400

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