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It's pretty inconvenient for people who want to experiment with e.g. mesh networks, ham radio, etc as mentioned in the article. Also, it seems a bit silly, as t
by aftbit 11y ago
It's pretty inconvenient for people who want to experiment with e.g. mesh networks, ham radio, etc as mentioned in the article. Also, it seems a bit silly, as true SDR prices are going to keep going down. You can already buy a HackRF for $300 or a YardStick for $150.
I'd be in favor of requiring a significant technical burden to enable access to the wireless hardware. Maybe make people open the case and solder a jumper. But there should always be a path forward for experimentation.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago> But there should always be a path forward for experimentation. That's not how regulation of consumer hardware works. Experimentation allowed in spectrum? Sure. Require consumer hardware be able to do so? No.
- gh02t 11y ago> Also, it seems a bit silly, as true SDR prices are going to keep going down. You can already buy a HackRF for $300 or a YardStick for $150. I know YardStick can't do WiFi frequencies and even if it did the throughput is 500 kbps max. Is HackRF actually beefy enough to act as a WiFi radio? Do you know about the state of doing WiFi in SDR in general? I was under the impression that it's not practical with any remotely affordable hardware, but I'd be interested to hear if I'm wrong as I'm not that well informed on the subject.