[Freedombox-discuss] "Innovation Under Austerity"

[Seth Johnson]

That's Dewayne Hendricks, an old warrior for the Net.  Just send him a
note, maybe mentioning Seth Johnson may help a little.  He and I
forward information freedom stuff a lot.  "Dewayne Hendricks"
<dewayne at warpspeed.com>

The particular technical details you want you'd have to ask him, about
that moving things around on the spectrum stuff.  I know he's talking
about amateur radio, which gives people a global license to do lots of
stuff freely on shortwave frequencies (I think).  There's a very old
school org call ARRL that sometimes gets stirred up to defend the
freedom of the airwaves under the Communications Act.  I *think* he
was adding to the topic of software-defined radio, just the point that
with the amateur license you can just go ahead and do a lot of stuff.

Brett Wynkoop is also an old hand in ARRL, shortwave and information
freedom (a key player in New Yorkers for Fair Use).  He biked downtown
on 9/11 and provided emergency comms for awhile.  Contact him and ask
about what he knows technically.  Mentioning my name probably goes
much further in his case, especially if you're going to make something
happen.  "Brett Wynkoop" <wynkoop at wynn.com>

Seth Johnson


On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Rick Hodgin <foxmuldrster at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Shortly after 1hr 18min into this video by Eben Moglen entitled "Innovation Under Austerity," a man is asked to step up to the mic and discuss the ability to take a device an move data from one area of the spectrum to another.  He talked specifically about WiFi and cable modems, and a transverter (linear translator), and move it from WiFi to another area of the free spectrum (by using an amateur radio license).
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2VHf5vpBy8
>
> Does anybody know what he's talking about?  Or how to do it?  It sounded quite amazing, but I don't even know what questions to ask about what he's talking about, let alone where to begin.
>
> Thanks! :-)
>
> Best regards,
> Rick C. Hodgin
>
>
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