SDR Forum wants to know what you think 22nd November 2004 The leaders of the Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum, which is working to promote development and field deployment of SDR systems, seemed quite happy when I spoke to several of them
FCC made right call on 4.9 GHz emissions mask 15th November 2004 Public safety is on quite a roll. This week the U.S. Government Accountability Office removed what should be the final legal hurdle concerning the FCC’s 800 MHz reband order, clearing the way for rebanding to begin
Verizon Wireless: Public safety’s new best friend? 5th November 2004 They say Hallmark has a card for everything, but I’m not sure if it has one that says, “I’ve hated your guts for the past two years, but thanks for making my life so much better”
Stay with what works 1st November 2004 For years now I have been threatening to cancel the wireline phone service to my home. It’s not that the service is bad; to the contrary, it is quite good
Making sense of IP for public safety 1st November 2004 Public-safety communications have seen many changes in the past 30 years. Lately the integration of IP into public-safety networks has generated much interest
Rebanding clarification much needed 1st November 2004 The 256-page 800 MHz Report & Order has a number of inconsistencies and vague references and needs some clarifications
LMR industry stands tall in Florida, elsewhere 29th October 2004 It has been nearly a year since I became MRT’s editor, and in that time I have learned a great deal about the land mobile radio industry
The readers always write, this time on BPL 22nd October 2004 I received more e-mails than usual this week, as amateur radio operators responded to last week’s column in which I reported on their perspective concerning broadband-over-power line technologies
Can’t anyone get along? 1st October 2004 If I had to identify an overarching theme of this issue of MRT, it would be cooperation, or more accurately, the lack of cooperation
It’s time to get back to basics 1st October 2004 In our rush to explore and exploit new technology for competitive advantage, let’s not forget where we came from
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