Does disabling SSID broadcasting lower a wifi antenna's total power transmission?

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Does disabling SSID broadcasting lower a wifi antenna's total power transmitted to the surrounding environment?
If yes or no , I would be glad if someone could give me any reference or measurements: metered or experience.
My goal is not any kind of security but I am searching for information about total power dissipated from the antenna.

Seyfi

Posted 2016-07-10T13:53:09.977

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No, the AP still must broadcast beacons, it's just that the field of the beacon that usually contains the SSID will be omitted or zero-length. The power savings would be immeasurably small.

Spiff

Posted 2016-07-10T13:53:09.977

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+1, So is total number of beacons or in my own words -idle messages - change?How much if yes (Hey man I coudln't vote up you due to low reputation Apology) – Seyfi – 2016-07-10T14:50:37.047

1Disabling SSID broadcast does not reduce the number of packets transmitted by an idle AP. It may shrink each packet by a tiny fraction, but that's it. – Spiff – 2016-07-10T14:55:49.313

Thanks a billion, you saved my time after some days of researching – Seyfi – 2016-07-10T14:57:34.880

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