In a boost to the open source software movement, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) issued a 68+ page report entitled Open Technology Development (OTD): Lessons Learned & Best Practices for Military Software, the DoD outlines the military’s experiences with and approval of open source software. From this paragraph on page 1 of the […]
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Open source decoder for digital shortwave data
If you tune around the shortwave bands you’ve probably heard various buzzes, high-pitched screeches and other annoying sounds. Many of these aren’t just noise, but amateur radio digital data transmissions. These messages are surprisingly easy it is to decode using free open source software. FLDIGI is a digital modem program for Linux, Free-BSD, OS X, […]