Open Source Amateur Radio Satellite and Microwave - October 2020 SBMS

Open Research Institute, Inc. ^ | 10/04/2020 | Michelle Thompson

[tbw2]

Open source RF hardware has been under development for several years, a boon for ham radio operators and academics.

Open Research Institute anticipates that the Commerce Department will find that these technologies are unrestricted under the carve-out for open source in the EAR.

[tbw2]

A related presentation.
Michelle W5NYV presents at the 1 October 2020 San Bernardino Microwave Society meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XssWeETAw

[patriotfury]

Thanks for posting !

[Fiddlstix]

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[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

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[srmanuel]

Thanks for posting...

I broke down and purchased a Raspberry Pi about 10 days ago, the first project I’ve really done is signing up with flightaware using a RTL-SDR dongle I purchased....to gather ADS-B radio traffic and upload it to their website in real time...

I was totally amazed at the number of plane flying around above me just using rabbit ears for the antenna that came with the RTL-SDR dongle...it led me to purchase the tuned antenna from Flightaware...

I am a Ham Radio operator and using a tripod and telescopic mast I have for portable HF operations, I have the antenna up only about 10-12ft....

I’m picking up planes 150 miles aware...just today I’m already over 1300 planes flying overhead, I live in NE Florida....

I would go higher with the antenna but I need a longer cable, which is coming tomorrow..I plan to go up to about 25ft to see how that might improve the reception...

[tbw2]

I work with RF professionally, though like Ms. Thompson, it was ham radio that led me to become an engineer.

[SuperLuminal]

Very interesting...
One of my sons is into HAM radio operations...
Will forward this thread to him...

[sjm_888]

Thanks for posting. Marking for future reference.

[WildHighlander57]

Thanks for posting this; I also am into ham radio...

[null and void]

Any of them squawking 8888?

[Okieshooter]

Bookmark de W5HJ

[steve86]

Man, those RTL-SDR dongles are expensive. $3495

[steve86]

Oh sorry, $34.95

[230FMJ]

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[Bonemaker]

Ditto here. K- - - - -. Have had general license (with Morse test) for years. Have equipment. Haven’t been active. Old and lazy.

[srmanuel]

The guy be I purchased was $20, it’s a usb stick

[Henry Hnyellar]

Amateur Radio has been open source since at least 1914. The authors haven’t a clue.

[mad_as_he$$]

bkmk

[tbw2]

They’re trying to get permission to take some software defined radio technology and hardware classified under the EAR and get it approved for commercial / open source use.