[hpsdr] An interesting SDR Project

[KA5FPT Paul]

Just a follow up to my post, I just found this in the October 24th 
edition of the ARRL Contest Update:

*Technical Web Site of the Week* - Software-defined radio is rapidly 
approaching a tipping point where it becomes so affordable it will start 
crowding out traditional radio architectures. For example, this Slashdot 
<http://slashdot.org/story/12/10/22/0518231> story notes that at the 
ToorCon hacker conference in San Diego, Michael Ossmann of Great Scott 
Gadgets revealed a beta version of the HackRF Jawbreaker 
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/10/19/darpa-funded-radio-hackrf-aims-to-be-a-300-wireless-swiss-army-knife-for-hackers/>, 
It can both read and transmit signals from 100 MHz to 6 GHz. At 
Ossmann's target price of $300, the versatile, open-source devices would 
cost less than half as much as currently existing software-defined 
radios with the same capabilities. The Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency (DARPA) pitched in $200,000 last February as part of its 
Cyber Fast Track program.

So it looks as if it may be available soon.

Paul KA5FPT

On 10/25/2012 12:02 AM, KA5FPT Paul wrote:
> Saw this on the Hack-a-Day feed and wanted to pass it on.
>
> http://ossmann.blogspot.com/2012/06/introducing-hackrf.html
>
> http://ossmann.blogspot.com/2012/10/hackrf-jawbreaker.html
>
> I have to say it is very interesting. It reminds me a little of what 
> Chris Testa, KD2BMH, presented at DCC this year.
>
> 73,
> Paul
> KA5FPT

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