{"id":4015,"date":"2012-07-31T08:03:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T12:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2012-07-31T18:59:30","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T22:59:30","slug":"advances-in-software-defined-radios-could-will-change-our-wireless-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/advances-in-software-defined-radios-could-will-change-our-wireless-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Advances in Software Defined Radios could (will) change our wireless world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo Source: New Geography)<\/p><\/div>\n

Note that I’m not speaking strictly of the HF spectrum here. But mark this:\u00a0 a radio revolution is, right now, in the making. ARS Technica just last week published an article entitled, “How software-defined radio could revolutionize wireless<\/a>” in which the authors argue that software defined radios (SDRs) might not only open the door to new uses for our radio spectrum–uses we can’t currently fathom!–but also open the door to unlimited free innovation.\u00a0 Innovation in the form of experimental hacking, much of which could simply fall below or outside of the FCC and other spectrum governing bodies, could become the province of literally anyone who wants to give it a go.<\/p>\n

The article takes the reader through the evolution of SDRs and introduces a company manufacturing a product that could be to the radio spectrum and wireless communications what Apple became to personal computing.<\/p>\n

I typically quote my favorite parts of an article, but this one is so very well-written and comprehensive, you really will want to read it in its entirety.\u00a0 Click here to read,\u00a0“How software-defined radio could revolutionize wireless<\/a>“–and let your imagination take flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note that I’m not speaking strictly of the HF spectrum here. But mark this:\u00a0 a radio revolution is, right now, in the making. ARS Technica just last week published an article entitled, “How software-defined radio could revolutionize wireless” in which the authors argue that software defined radios (SDRs) might not only open the door to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,158],"tags":[1125,1241,157,966,4087,1074],"class_list":["post-4015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-software-defined-radio","tag-arstechnica","tag-fcc","tag-sdr","tag-sdrs","tag-software-defined-radio","tag-wireless"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-12L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34663,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/radio-spectrum-archive-featured-in-the-ieee-spectrum-magazine\/","url_meta":{"origin":4015,"position":0},"title":"Radio Spectrum Archive featured in the IEEE Spectrum Magazine","author":"Thomas","date":"October 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0Stephen Cass for the interview and excellent piece about the Radio Spectrum Archive in the\u00a0IEEE Spectrum magazine: Building a Time Machine for Radio The Radio Spectrum Archive will let you listen to old broadcasts as if they were live Stephen Cass Thomas Witherspoon is building\u00a0a time machine, of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/HDSDR-Spectrum.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/HDSDR-Spectrum.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/HDSDR-Spectrum.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/HDSDR-Spectrum.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32793,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/steve-andrews-spectrum-analyzer-software-for-sdrplay-sdrs-now-available-for-download\/","url_meta":{"origin":4015,"position":1},"title":"Steve Andrew’s spectrum analyzer software for SDRplay SDRs now available for download","author":"Thomas","date":"June 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A few weeks ago, we posted an announcement that spectrum analyzer software was being developed for the SDRplay RSP software defined radio series. 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