Simulating RSSI with Cheap RF Modules

srnet:
Lots of people have this 'idea' that you can use RSS1 for distance measurement and triangulation, it gets asked on here every couple of days.

If it were a useful method of measuring distance, then there ought to be zillions of worked examples of it working. I cant recall seeing one.

Hmm, then how would you recommend a DIY solution to position tracking then? I only need to know if a tag is located in a specific room, accuracy to a couple inches etc, is not necessary.