BQ16 - Is AFC fully working now?

[snovvman]

I find no conclusive discussion about BQ16 Pro and AFC. For the U.S. market, now that it's been released for some time, is it fully working and providing better 6Ghz range? Thanks.

 

[jzchen]

As far as I am aware AFC is only authorized to be used in the USA, so since the BQ16 model is not sold here there is absolutely no way it has AFC enabled currently...

 

[erick_e]

I have a pair of BQ16 pro's and I've never seen them transmit higher than 19-20dBm on the 6GHz channels, even though they are approved for AFC power levels.

 

[Tech9]

Not unique to ASUS limitation.

Ubiquiti UniFi:
6 GHz operation is supported in these countries.
Long-range 6 GHz performance with AFC available in FCC/IC region only.

 

[RMerlin]

Asus only support for US, they don't support it for Canada so far despite it being allowed by IC. Could be something to do with Broadcom vs Qualcomm.

I suspect a lot of people wishing for AFC support will change their mind once they understand how AFC actually does its thing.

 

[jzchen]

Asus only support for US, they don't support it for Canada so far despite it being allowed by IC. Could be something to do with Broadcom vs Qualcomm.

Being allowed vs database setup and support/access: Does Canada have the server(s) set up with the database of licensed radios?

 

[snovvman]

As far as I am aware AFC is only authorized to be used in the USA, so since the BQ16 model is not sold here there is absolutely no way it has AFC enabled currently...

I edited my OP, I meant the BQ16Pro in the U.S. market.

 

[snovvman]

Not unique to ASUS limitation.

Ubiquiti UniFi:
6 GHz operation is supported in these countries.
Long-range 6 GHz performance with AFC available in FCC/IC region only.

I edited the OP for clarification. I was talking about the BQ16Pro in the U.S. market. I know Ubiquiti E7, U7 Pro Outdoor, maybe others are advertised to support AFC.

I would like to know if the BQ16Pro supports AFC in the US.