Louis - Yes, I have heard of HackRF Portapack, and there's no reason that I haven't mentioned it in Zero Retries other than perhaps when I encountered it there was just too much going on that week and new stuff being encountered just pushed it further down the queue of things to mention.
I respect the perspective of folks that want to "ha…
Louis - Yes, I have heard of HackRF Portapack, and there's no reason that I haven't mentioned it in Zero Retries other than perhaps when I encountered it there was just too much going on that week and new stuff being encountered just pushed it further down the queue of things to mention.
I respect the perspective of folks that want to "hack around" with RF technology and not be too encumbered with the regulations pertaining to Amateur Radio. One very understandable issue is Amateur Radio discourages encryption with two very narrow exceptions. If one gets an Amateur Radio license, then there's a certain expectation that you "know better" than to violate certain regulations, however minor.
I try to feature interesting stuff that is going on within Amateur Radio in part to showcase such interesting stuff to non Amateur Radio operators. I haven't figured out how to reach out to such communities, and I guess I hope that word of mouth of particularly interesting Zero Retries articles on Amateur Radio activities would get circulated.
But Amateur Radio is a bit insular... and it shouldn't be.
Louis - Yes, I have heard of HackRF Portapack, and there's no reason that I haven't mentioned it in Zero Retries other than perhaps when I encountered it there was just too much going on that week and new stuff being encountered just pushed it further down the queue of things to mention.
I respect the perspective of folks that want to "hack around" with RF technology and not be too encumbered with the regulations pertaining to Amateur Radio. One very understandable issue is Amateur Radio discourages encryption with two very narrow exceptions. If one gets an Amateur Radio license, then there's a certain expectation that you "know better" than to violate certain regulations, however minor.
I try to feature interesting stuff that is going on within Amateur Radio in part to showcase such interesting stuff to non Amateur Radio operators. I haven't figured out how to reach out to such communities, and I guess I hope that word of mouth of particularly interesting Zero Retries articles on Amateur Radio activities would get circulated.
But Amateur Radio is a bit insular... and it shouldn't be.