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In general, I find these kinds of comments strange. There are many applications I might find more interesting too. However rather than criticizing others I spe

by new299 9y ago

In general, I find these kinds of comments strange. There are many applications I might find more interesting too. However rather than criticizing others I spend my time feeling vaguely guilty for not doing any of them...

alexellisuk 9y ago
Thanks.. I appreciate the comment
errm 9y ago
I agree, I found this post really inspiring to go out and spend a few pounds on getting some equipment to try some of these things out... I might well be far more interested in some of the other applications, but this post is a cool idea of what can easily be done...
onion2k 9y ago
There are two ways to read a comment that says "I don't find this [useful|inspiring|interesting]." The first is to take it as a criticism, and the second is to take it as a statement of fact that is strictly limited to the person saying it. Where it's ambiguous it's far better to assume the second meaning, if only due to the Principle of Charity.
- qubex 9y ago
  I suppose that the concept I was trying to articulate was better expressed as follows: "It is quite unfortunate that the baseline "Hello World!"-type project for SDR is listening in to airliners' telemetry, as it is widely available by other means, entails RX-only skills and equipment, and does not really provide wide avenues for later development". That is, of course, my personal opinion, but it is also something of a critique: wouldn't people be more excited if the baseline project involved TX/RX, obviously with slightly more involved hardware (and limited to ISM bands & transmission power limitations)?
  - new299 9y ago
    The baseline "Hello World" has always seemed to me to be capturing the full FM spectrum. I think that was the first example given in Gnuradio. I know the posted article is nothing new, but it doesn't seem like a great idea to discourage people from writing up their experiments, even if it isn't anything amazing and new...
qubex 9y ago
I built something like this and several others. I'm far more interested in RX/TX projects though.

by new299 9y ago

alexellisuk 9y ago

Thanks.. I appreciate the comment

errm 9y ago

I agree, I found this post really inspiring to go out and spend a few pounds on getting some equipment to try some of these things out... I might well be far more interested in some of the other applications, but this post is a cool idea of what can easily be done...

onion2k 9y ago

There are two ways to read a comment that says "I don't find this [useful|inspiring|interesting]." The first is to take it as a criticism, and the second is to take it as a statement of fact that is strictly limited to the person saying it. Where it's ambiguous it's far better to assume the second meaning, if only due to the Principle of Charity.

qubex 9y ago
I suppose that the concept I was trying to articulate was better expressed as follows: "It is quite unfortunate that the baseline "Hello World!"-type project for SDR is listening in to airliners' telemetry, as it is widely available by other means, entails RX-only skills and equipment, and does not really provide wide avenues for later development". That is, of course, my personal opinion, but it is also something of a critique: wouldn't people be more excited if the baseline project involved TX/RX, obviously with slightly more involved hardware (and limited to ISM bands & transmission power limitations)?
- new299 9y ago
  The baseline "Hello World" has always seemed to me to be capturing the full FM spectrum. I think that was the first example given in Gnuradio. I know the posted article is nothing new, but it doesn't seem like a great idea to discourage people from writing up their experiments, even if it isn't anything amazing and new...

qubex 9y ago

I built something like this and several others. I'm far more interested in RX/TX projects though.