Building A Global Network Of Open Source SDR Receivers (jks.com)

hamster_nz writes: A fellow Kiwi is attempting to crowdfund a world-wide network of open-source, software-defined, radio receivers. Once in place, this will allow anybody anywhere in the world to scan the 0 to 30MHz RF spectrum from the comfort of their HTML-5 web browser. Built on top of the Beaglebone, the "KiwiSDR" RF board also includes a GPS receiver front-end, which will allow timing between receivers to be correlated, giving a lot of options for projects like long baseline interferometry and lightning detection. Prototypes are already deployed, and I've been RXing in Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. [The KiwiSDR design has been detailed on JKS.com, where there is a link to the project's Kickstarter page.]

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Re: If the NSA did this, you'd think it was creepy

[anegg]

If the NSA did this, the listening would be done by a small cadre of unknown people with no data being shared publicly, especially if something interesting is found. Think about how Unternet access to freely available satellite imagery has changed how we look at and understand the world, both natural and man made. The tools are already in use by the few, secretly. This puts more of us on a slightly more equal footing.

Tried and failed?

[camperdave]

Didn't someone try this before and fail? They built a bunch of receivers and hooked them up to the internet so that folks could tune in to television broadcasts they normally could not receive. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled against them.