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Undergrad Radio Amateur Uses Reverse Beacon Network In Research Project

2015-08-21 08:38:01| rfglobalnet News Articles

A Virginia Tech undergraduate researcher and radio amateur has used Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) and Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) data to study how solar flares impact HF radio propagation over the entire dayside — the time Earth is in sunlight — with communication loss related to both flare intensity and distribution.

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Raytheon Delivers Next-Generation SATCOM Radio For Certification Testing

2015-08-14 07:18:59| rfglobalnet Home Page

The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $36 million contract to fund the certification and testing of a significant upgrade to the AN/ARC-231 Multi-Mode Communications System. The upgraded systems will provide the highest level of security for voice and data communications for more than 7,000 rotary, fixed wing and unmanned Army platforms – including Apaches, Blackhawks, Chinooks and Gray Eagles.

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Hackers show off long-distance Wi-Fi radio proxy at Def Con

2015-08-08 23:31:47| Wireless - Topix.net

A talk about a radio-based privacy device dubbed ProxyHam that promised to allow hackers to connect to Wi-Fi networks from as far as 2.5 miles away was abruptly pulled from the DEF CON schedule by its creator a few weeks ago. The incident , which some speculated was the result of pressure from the FBI or the NSA, outraged the security community.

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