‰ NOW 10 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JUNE 2017 QST PAGE 39 ‰ QUICKLY IDENTIFY THE MAXIMUM SNR ALIGNMENT. AN SNR OF 15 DB OR GREATER IS GENERALLY GOOD ENOUGH TO PASS DATA RATES OF 10 20 MBPS. THE AREDN NODE WILL ATTEMPT USING ONE OF THE IEEE 802R11 PROTOCOLS TO MAXIMIZE THE DATA THROUGHPUT. THE RESULTING LINK RATE THROUGHPUT IS CALCULATED AND DISPLAYED ON THE MESH STATUS PAGE IN THE TXMBPS COLUMN, AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 4. ‰ END OF 10 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ