TX power limitation in OpenWrt - yes or no?

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@eginnc Not sure if you seen this post it has a little bit of info and some revelations about the actual power output of 14~16db for a lot of devices that state in their advertised spec's of being ~30db

30dbm Vs 23dbm tx power on region specific hardware

A question I can't seem to find an answer for anywhere: Generally, comparing US to EU spec routers, will they have identical hardware? Will US routers transmit at 23dbm to keep manufacturing costs down, and units uniform across geographies, or do US routers routers have 30dbm tx? Conversely are EU versions generally same hardware and capable of 30dbm but limited by software? Asking the question as some EU countries do allow 30dbm, but only have access to EU versions, so I'm trying to figure o…