Reducing Strength of WiFi signal from Airport TimeCapsule

Hello Everyone,
I am using and Airport Time Capsule for backups and it is the main wireless router (not extended).
when I go outside of my appartement, I can still get good reception all around the building.
Is it possible to reduce the strength of the signal using Airport 6.3.2 under OSX 10.9.3? There are no settings for that but maybe I am missing something?
Thank you

I bet this option is turned on in the UK
Unfortunately, you lose the bet if you are running Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks on your Mac(s).
Tell Apple what you want here, since it is extremely unlikely that anyone from Apple will ever see your post on a user-to-user support forum:
Apple - AirPort Extreme - Feedback

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