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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'>100 MHz to 6 GHz Transceiver for $300 ?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'>Forbes reports on Michael Ossmann's latest project, an Open Source transceiver covering 100 MHz to 6 GHz.<br><br>Although not stated in the article, it is presumed the RF output from the transceiver may only be a few milliwatts. <br><br>Read the Forbes article at <br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/10/19/darpa-funded-radio-hackrf-aims-to-be-a-300-wireless-swiss-army-knife-for-hackers/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0000CC;text-decoration:none'>http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/10/19/darpa-funded-radio-hackrf-aims-to-be-a-300-wireless-swiss-army-knife-for-hackers/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'><br><br>Video at </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://vimeo.com/32362254" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0000CC;text-decoration:none'>http://vimeo.com/32362254</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'><br><br>Further info at </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0000CC;text-decoration:none'>http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'><br><br>Surprisingly this proposed Open Source transceiver does not use an FPGA and has a low resolution, however, it points to a future of flexible software defined transceivers at a low price point.<br><br>The National Instruments company Ettus Research, founded by a radio amateur Matt Ettus N2MJI, produces the popular USRP™ family of SDR products which are aimed at the high performance segment of the market. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT'>Further information at <a href="http://www.ettus.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000CC;text-decoration:none'>http://www.ettus.com/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>