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Universal Radio Grabber: the USRP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-than-you-can-eat dept.

Nethemas the Great writes "The Universal Software Radio Peripheral or USRP created by Matt Ettus and Eric Blossom gives a new perspective on the radio spectrum, as in just about all of it from DC to 2.9Ghz. With the right software and daughterboards, their USRPs can capture FM, read GPS, decode HDTV, transmit over emergency bands, track peoples movement via their mobile phones, and much, much more. With prices starting at just $550 this new toy is accessible by most anyone."

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  1. Homebrew SETI? by superdan2k · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Imagine a not-quite-Beowulf cluster of these -- your own homebrewed VLA. It'll receive in the "waterhole band", and VLBI ain't too hard to figure out. Set up enough ground stations and switch between them as-needed to compensate for what you're viewing and the rotation of the Earth, and you've got a fulltime radio telescope with a dish effectively as large as the earth, whenever you want it...

    Open source radio astronomy anyone?

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