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----- reproduced here without ARRL permission ------ N4HY to Present Software Defined Radio Seminar at ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (Aug 28, 2007) -- Robert McGwire, N4HY, will present "A Stroll through Software Radio, Information Theory and Some Applications" at the ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Sunday Seminar in Hartford, Connecticut on September 30. The seminar will cover the basic building blocks of a simple software radio system, as well as a discussion of information theory and its practical use in communication systems. As time permits, McGwire plans to demonstrate several software radio systems ranging from the Softrock40 to the GnuRadio/USRP and the Flex5000. Attendees will receive packages containing tutorials and software. McGwire is employed by the Institute for Defense Analyses, Center for Communications in Princeton, New Jersey where he has been since he was an undergraduate at Auburn University. He is the chairman of the ARRL Software Defined Radio Working Group, a member of the SDR Forum and a contributor to GnuRadio. He is also Vice President of Engineering for AMSAT-NA. McGwire is co-author with Frank Brickle, AB2KT, of DttSP, a software radio suite. The suite is used in the Flex Radio's PowerSDR to operate its SDR transceivers. The ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference will be held September 28-30 at the Double Tree Hotel in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, just north of Hartford. For more information and registration, see the conference's Web site, or call the TAPR office at 972-671-8277. Tickets for the Sunday Seminar are $25 and are separate from the conference registration fee. Link to this item Ken -- What a fantastic time to be in Ham Radio! _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/