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Relief over radio mic spectrum
Blog That switchover means a whole lot of spectrum will go up for auction, a process that generally favours the rich. So the new options look a bit like this: a) the spectrum could still go up for auction, but bidders would have to keep using it for...
[June 21, 2007, 16:16 in News Blog by David Meyer]
ISPs demand radio spectrum
Talkback Radio freedom Anyone read that story in the New Scientist about the transmitter and reciever that spans across all wavebands allowing for extreem data flow, its a great story.www.newscientist.co.uk April 2004
About: ISPs demand radio spectrum
[April 27, 2005, 23:56]
Trial runs broadband over power lines
Talkback Namely, the interference it will cause to users of the shortwave radio spectrum. While advocates continue to deny that BPL will disrupt existing radio spectrum users, mounting evidence proves otherwise.
About: Trial runs broadband over power lines
[July 20, 2004, 14:25]
Overthrow the state with a ZX Spectrum
Blog They did this with virtually no resources - a modified portable black and white TV set, a ZX Spectrum, and a homebrew radio transmitter that put out not much more power than a walkie-talkie. The next bit is to feed the timing info to the Spectrum...
[April 23, 2007, 0:17 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It works very well, and wireless regulators are consciously trying to find ways to make the radio spectrum more like the Internet — as the regulators themselves admit, they're not the world's most accurate predictors of the future, so the best...
[July 21, 2006, 19:15 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Not good news
Talkback This story is about the situation in America, but OFCOM the government watchdog that looks after spectrum in the UK is wanting to do something similar when the analogue TV is switched off in this country.
About: Google gets set for spectrum race
[December 4, 2007, 22:13 by julian]
Interim Digital Britain report: First impressions
Blog A "Wireless Radio Spectrum Modernisation Programme". The Government believes that an industry-agreed set of [2G] radio spectrum trades could represent a better and quicker solution than an imposed realignment.
[January 29, 2009, 12:03 in News Blog by David Meyer]
Ofcom publishes proposals for 2012 spectrum
Blog Ofcom has published its draft recommendations on how to manage radio spectrum during the 2012 Olympic Games in London. A final version will follow later this year but, in the interim, interested parties can read a lengthy .pdf file covering the...
[May 27, 2009, 17:08 in News Blog by David Meyer]
Clarification
Talkback The opening sentence - "Ofcom's decision to auction off the 192MHz part of the radio spectrum.may lead readers to think this means a piece of the spectrum in the VHF range at 192MHz, while what the writer wants to say is that there is 192MHz of...
About: Will mobile WiMax transform wireless working?
[February 28, 2008, 16:43 by 10104]
hmmm got me thinking...
Talkback Don't radio controlled model kits operate around the 20+ MHz spectrum's? If so then that aint going to work.s
About: TV spectrum to be used for mobile broadband
[October 31, 2009, 0:22 by CA]
RE: Google to bid for US spectrum
Blog Comment The gaps in the spectrum amongst the current UHF TV channels is also used by short range radio microphones. There is a worry that big money organisation will slap billions onto the table to snap up the frequencies, blanket the nation with RF, thus...
[July 23, 2007, 23:05 by julian]
Researchers claim stealth encryption breakthrough
Talkback Since you can easily detect, with the right equipment, the higher energy densities of parts of the spectrum that contain the extra information it will not work. It is based on an old idea regarding simple spread spectrum techniques with data...
About: Researchers claim stealth encryption breakthrough
[October 16, 2006, 23:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It's hard to remember the old days, when the British radio spectrum was overseen by an ex-Army guy at the Home Office who regarded every Hz as the sovereign property of the Queen. If you weren't a ham or a remote control model freak, getting a...
[April 8, 2004, 17:00 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
xG opens its doors, closes its mouth
Blog Evidence for the company's claims - that it's created a breakthrough wireless data technology that can operate without interference on interference-ridden public radio spectrum, with far lower power requirements and superior performance to any...
[August 24, 2009, 21:39 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog UWB to its friends, this is a brand new and very exciting way of sending data over the air by tiny packets of radio frequency energy splattered all over the spectrum. There being the US, where Uncle Charlie -- aka the Federal Communications...
[February 18, 2002, 9:25 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog At first gulp, that seems unlikely -- Radio Old Bill is miles away on the spectrum from 802.11 -- but on investigation it transpires that some of the more secretive surveillance bods use their own video transmission systems.
[May 4, 2001, 16:02 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog If I were a bad man, I'd draw up a map of the radio spectrum that shows exactly how many different sorts of wireless goes cascading through our bodies 24 hours a day. You thought that 3G just used radio like every other service?
[March 26, 2002, 10:11 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Those who do, are very worried --- and licensed radio hams, who stand to lose the use of huge amounts of their legally allocated spectrum, are bordering on furious. PLC works by squirting lots of radio frequencies carrying data down the power lines...
[August 22, 2003, 18:10 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It is the biggest communications satellite ever and the first to provide a public service on the Ka microwave band, a vast rolling prairie of undeveloped spectrum up between 20 and 30 GHz. Today's launch is Anik F2, an enormous bird destined to...
[July 16, 2004, 17:50 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog A savvy friend who was with me nodded as the sales pitch went down, and agreed wholeheartedly as the purity of the output was demonstrated on a spectrum analyser. A set of Japanese researchers at the Tokyo's National Institute of Information and...
[March 31, 2006, 19:30 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
