<div dir="ltr">quick google search yields an open source alternative: <a href="http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/03/20/introducing-rtl-sdr-a-20-sdr/">http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/03/20/introducing-rtl-sdr-a-20-sdr/</a><div>
<br></div><div style>even at $1k price point, remember you are replacing a 200ft hunk of metal + electronics that many people have died servicing. these are the types of things that im perfectly willing to take on legal risk and find financing for as they are that important and impactful... </div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Steve Berl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steveberl@gmail.com" target="_blank">steveberl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">In the video that "extra hardware" is an Ettus Research USRP SDR radio. Probably cost around $1000.<div>
<br></div><div>You also wouldn't want to do this outdoors because your base station would interfere with the commercial cell phone base stations, and I think the phone company would hunt you down pretty quickly.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Now if you could figure out how to make your own SIM cards, and had unlocked phones ....</div><div><br></div><div>-steve</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">

On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Leonid Kozhukh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:len@ligertail.com" target="_blank">len@ligertail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr">apparently its possible (illegal) to replace large cell towers with raspberry pis and open source software: <a href="http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-news/basestation-created-on-raspberry-pi/46960/" target="_blank">http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-news/basestation-created-on-raspberry-pi/46960/</a><div>


<br></div><div>anyone down to get this working?<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>len</div><div><br></div>founder, ligertail<div><a href="http://ligertail.com" target="_blank">http://ligertail.com</a></div>


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