[Noisebridge-discuss] Tracking aircraft & HAM HF with Software Defined Radio / RadioFrequency map mashup

[Balint Seeber]

Thanks very much Jake! (I would love to stay, alas the ticket is booked -
perhaps another time in the not-to-distant future :)

I'd be more than happy to come over tomorrow afternoon/evening with my gear
- let me know if a particular time suits. We can fire up the software and
have a play. Anyone else is more than welcome to join in/observe/bring their
RF gear/etc!

Looking forward to it,
Balint

-----Original Message-----
From: Jake [mailto:jake at spaz.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2011 10:31 AM
To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
Cc: balint256 at gmail.com; David Stainton; pete tridish
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Tracking aircraft & HAM HF with Software
Defined Radio / RadioFrequency map mashup

Wow!  I think i speak for many when I say that.  Welcome to Noisebridge 
and SF, and please don't leave.  It will take a while for us to absorb all 
the cool knowledge and projects you are working on!

I am particularly interested in the USRP stuff, I co-own one with David 
and would love to learn how to use it with the software on your SDR page.
Unfortunately we only have the 900MHz band cards right now, because I have 
been too busy to buy other bands.

When would be a good time to meet up at Noisebridge about this?  I would 
like to install some of this software onto our computer there so that when 
we get the other RF cards we can run it on our USRP.. and I would like to 
meet you and learn a lot from you.

Thanks for coming!

-jake

Balint Seeber Wrote:

Hi folks,

Im visiting from Sydney, Australia (where I have been involved with 
Dorkbot Syd <http://dorkbotsyd.boztek.net/>), and am new to the 
tech/hacker scene in SF. Ill be in town until Monday and would like to get 
to know you a little better!

So far I have been fortunate enough to meet some generous people in the 
scene that have lead me to Noisebridge and told me many wonderful things 
about your community. However, I am yet to visit the physical space.

In particular I would love to get in contact with people interested in 
Software Defined Radio and all things RF. On this theme, I have created an 
aviation tracking system that plots aircraft in local airspace on a 
computer: http://spench.net/drupal/research/mode-s

Ive also been doing some SDR-enhanced HAM experiments: 
http://spench.net/drupal/research/sdr

The big public/live web app Ive been working on is the Australian 
Geographical RadioFrequency Map, which shows you where every registered 
radio transmitter in Australia is located, and who is assigned specific 
frequencies at each site: http://maps.spench.net/rf/

The map is fully searchable by frequency, callsign, name, and emission 
designator. The latest feature is the image tile overlay system that 
visualises various aspects of the RF landscape (e.g. network footprint of 
cell providers, microwave point-to-point links, terrain elevation). The 
public mainly uses it to compare telcos, while businesses/government use 
it to check on their radio networks.

If youre interested in any further details, please visit my website: 
http://spench.net/ or email me.

Also, if the Noisebridge community is happy to have me, I could bring my 
kit over and give a live demo of the aviation tracking system.

Looking forward to meeting you!

Thanks & kind regards,

Balint Seeber


PS: Im really interested in the RF whitespace database/management here. If
anyone knows people that are involved, would you mind pointing me in their
direction? Id love to learn more about the current state of affairs. Thank
you!