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In the previous two installments we’ve looked in a simple way at some examples of today’s technology and whether various technological devices aid or hinder “the mission,” which is the …
Is Simple, Good? – Complex, Bad? As set out in Part I of this series, the “technologies” that the Curmudgeon classifies as “good” and ...
The Curmudgeon recently read an influential article in the August, 2012, issue of IEEE’s Spectrum magazine. The piece is titled, “Our Tools Are ...
In the past several postings we’ve gone through some pretty “heavy” matters: FCC blunders, pillaging of the RF spectrum, the prospect of futur ...
In Part 2 of this series we looked at some of the sources of man-made radio frequency (RF) noise and made a simple estimation of the amount of interference that ...
In the first part of this series we developed some basic understanding of the sources of unwanted radiofrequency noise, and how much of a significant hindrance to ordinary radio communications ...
In the last blog posting we looked at probably the biggest long term threat to the future usefulness of the radiofrequency spectrum, the accelerating large scale consumption of a scarce ...
For many months, now stretching into years, the Curmudgeon has been searching for logical explanations to a bedrock fundamental question, the very one which underlies almost all of his recent ...
We have now finished reviewing the dismal (partial) list of historic FCC spectrum management engineering mistakes, and in this final part of the series we’ll look at some suggestions for ...
In this post we will finish the list of FCC historic spectrum management mistakes that began with Part 1 of this series. 12. Land Mobile “Re-farming:” (1990s-present). By itself not ...
