On Monday 20 February 2006 09:10 am, W2AGN wrote: > Paul Shaffer wrote: > > There's no way to search the reflector so I don't know if this has come > > up before. I found this pdf on google: > > > > http://web.si.umich.edu/tprc/papers/2005/480/SDR-HAM-JamesMiller.pdf > > > > If you were in a pessimistic frame of mind you could envision the > > japanese radio manufacturers supporting an fcc restriction on open-source > > SDR. It has to be some sort of threat to their business model. > > If you have the code you can easily build an SDR version that due to bugs > > or design, transmits illegally. This is why I ordered the 1 watt version > > of the SDR1000 -- if I make a software mistake no one may notice. I plan > > on using the norcal dummy load most of the time since I have no > > operational experience whatsoever. > > That's what happens as soon as a lawyer gets involved. ;-)
Believe it or not thats the same thought I had!! > > There was I time when I would not believe the Japanese Radio manufacturers > could have any say into what the FCC did, but having seen the ARRL sell out > to Winlink nothing surprises me any more. Government employees can be > bought cheaper then ever. (Speaking as a retired fed myself).
