On 9/22/15, wirelesswarrior@safe-mail.net <wirelesswarrior@safe-mail.net> wrote:
... When the idea of classifying them as instruments was floated in the early days of the GnuRadio list (by Steve Schear) he cautioned to make sure the products weren't called anything that might even vaguely sound like a wireless device. Evidently the marketing people at these companies knew better.
it worked well, while it lasted... :)
End-user controlled software signal generation and capture techniques are now widely in use by premium instrument manufacturers. If the FCC attempts to curtail the frequencies, modulation types, etc. by these these test instruments I think there will be manufacturers screaming bloody murder.
truly Classic Coke a recipe well loved and made verboten none the less. "Real SDR" will become illegal; no longer exist. "Consumer SDR" will eat the binary blobs of emission compliant crippled chipsludge. "Test Equipment" again a popular category. like "water pipe" where you used to put your bong, you'll not dare ask about amplified front-ends or frequency focused antennas attendant with your ADC/DAC test device - your lab is already stocked! best regards, from the Wideband TestKit at Faraday Barn :)