Not having looked at the design, because its outside of my scope. Whats the price per unit built? Could afmug do a small money drive to fund a production run and get us access to some of them free sensors <insert "yall got any more of them sensors" gif here>? speaking of money drives, is it time for a mailing list funding drive?
On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 11:09 AM Brian Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like they did a limited production run and are giving the board out > to those they grant application for a free sensor to, but they do list the > design on GitHub https://github.com/electrosense/hardware so I guess it > would not be a stretch to get a group production run organized. > > > > https://electrosense.org/open-source > > > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Friday, December 06, 2019 11:40 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Live Spectrum sensing network open source project > > > What is the extension board good for? <https://electrosense.org/> > > The RTL-SDR dongle used on our sensors has a limited frequency range > between 24 and 1766MHz. This is already pretty good, but more interesting > bands can be found above this limit. For this purpose, we have created an > extension board that enables us to scan frequencies up to 6GHz which > includes common ISM bands with lots of applications. > > > > > > Where does one get such extension board? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Brian Webster" <[email protected]> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Friday, December 6, 2019 10:24:31 AM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] Live Spectrum sensing network open source project > > Some time ago I learned about this project. It is basically a network of > software defined radios listening to the RF spectrum and reporting back to > a central database. I think it would be cool if every WISP could build one > of these devices (cheap pi and RTL-SDR dongles) and place them on each of > their tower sites. The project is bigger outside of the US so if the WISP > industry could get a critical mass of sensors deployed, it could turn in to > a real time spectrum use map and data tool. Matt Larsen has always pined > about how the cellular carriers have been spectrum hoarding. A system like > this could actually prove it. Imagine being able to map all the areas where > there is absolutely nothing going on in the spectrum they hold! Being able > to argue these points with real time data gathered over time could be huge. > This might also allow organizations like WISPA to argue for more > opportunist use of underutilized spectrum, especially in rural markets. The > reality of the US spectrum policy has always been about what is needed in > the top NFL cites. Remember that about 92% of the US population lives in > only 8% of the land area. > > > > Let’s mobilize an effort to make better use of spectrum over the whole > county. The FCC is already on their way to doing this, the databases are in > place, what is lacking is the widespread sensor networks. > > > > https://electrosense.org/ > > > > > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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