Re:Welcome to the World of Software Defined Radio (2016)
by qubex on Thursday September 21, 2017 @08:08AM
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That cannot literally be true... your cellphones and wifi devices are radio transmitters and I'm assuming owning either is not specifically illegal. I assume you mean unlicensed equipment?
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Re:Welcome to the World of Software Defined Radio (2016)
by nextlevelwizard on Thursday September 21, 2017 @09:45AM
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You are intentionally misinterpreting what I said, or maybe you do not know that some bands can be used by commercial devices. That doesn't mean you can do whatever you wish on any bandwidth you want.
But even in something as common as WiFi you still have regulations, like channel 14, which as far as I know only works in Japan by default. Other common restriction is transmitting power.
Re:Welcome to the World of Software Defined Radio (2016)
by qubex on Thursday September 21, 2017 @09:59AM
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I’m not ”intentionally misrepresenting”, nor did I misunderstand — I was just being comically pedantic, because the absolute terms you couched your statement in are obviously not true, because a lot of personally-owned devices transmit radio and that doesn’t get you into any trouble whatsoever.