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Harris’ RF-7800S-LR Leader Radio — a battle ready PDA?

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

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They’re calling it “the first soldier smart radio,” but that might be stretching it just a tiny bit.

JTRS Program Senior Communications Systems Engineer Opening at MITRE

Monday, September 12th, 2011

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MITRE has an opening for a Senior Communications Systems Engineer to provide engineering support to JTRS programs.  The position will be based in San Diego.

PrismTech SDR Webcast:  SCA Waveform Design for FPGAs

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

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PrismTech is presenting a webcast on SCA Waveform Design for FPGAs.  I’m looking forward to seeing it.

Iridium Rises from the Ashes, with a Satellite Access Point!

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

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Iridium, the ill-fated Motorola satellite venture, emerged from bankruptcy in 2001 and now they’re enabling voice and data comm everywhere in the world!

Sprint Sees the SDR Light

Sunday, September 4th, 2011

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SDR is the keystone of Sprint’s Network Vision overhaul, according to a story on Connected Planet.

My Toys are Better than the US Army’s Toys

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

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Well, at least some of them apparently are…  National Defense Magazine’s blog featured a recent post contrasting the network bandwidth and device capabilities provided to soldiers by JTRS with what’s commonly available in the commercial market.  It’s not a happy story.

SDR Lightens Packs

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

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Humping more than 70 pounds of gear around isn’t exactly the most effective way to fight in the mountains.  Fortunately, the U.S. military is trying to lighten the burden, and SDR has a role to play.

US Army Touts Its “Agile” Approach to the Tactical Network

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

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The Department of Defense’s vision of a theater wide fully integrated voice and data network is getting closer every day.  Now the Army is giving itself kudos for their “agile” approach.  However they choose to describe it, it seems to be working.

Opportunity:  Embedded SW SDR Engr (Germany)

Friday, August 26th, 2011

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If you want to develop some embedded information security software for an SDR project in Germany, this could be your chance.

2011 Wireless Innovation Forum Conference on Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio

Friday, August 26th, 2011

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Registration is now open for the Wireless Innovation Forum’s SDR’11 – WInnComm event.  If you’re interested in SDR, this is the place to be.