I read the FCC proposal on SDR's. It would be a disaster from the standpoint of technology development. One way to attack this, with oppositions filed, would be to point out that the FCC hasn't demonstrated that there is a genuine problem with actual equipment. They should have any problem at all with "software defined receivers", tell 'em so. As for "software defined transmitters", what's the problem? Can they demonstrate a genuine problem in the field? Probably not.
Jim Bell
From: Razer <Rayzer@riseup.net> To: cypherpunks@cpunks.org Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 10:16 AM Subject: Re: FCC NPRM seeks to end open SDR
>It was so much simpler when all I had to do was clip the end of one >lousy diode to open my TS-440 up from DC to Daylight... The Alinco 2/440 >dual-bander did the same with one zero-ohm resistor removal.
On 09/21/2015 01:54 PM, wirelesswarrior@safe-mail.net wrote: >> Since the early days of open SDR these devices have been sold as test equipment which does not require onerous type approvals or >certifications by the manufacturer or importer. The FCC now seeks to change this >> >> https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/08/06/2015-18402/equipment-authorization-and-electronic-labeling-for-wireless-devices#h-13 >> >> and require product features which block software changes after manufacture. This, of course, is the very heart of SDR and its prohibition would be nothing short of effectively banning SDR and any open source experimentation with RF signal processing beyond the theoretic. >> >> WW