Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Export Controls

[John Clark]

Marcus Leech schrieb:
> So, I was reading over a superficial summary of U.S. export controls 
> today, and discovered
>  that radio receivers capable of more than 1000 channels (what the 
> heck is a channel?) and
>  able to switch channels in under 1ms are export-controlled technology.
>
> It seems to me that a USRP with a Gnu Radio filterbank in the back-end 
> is such a receiver,
>  and is thus subject to  U.S.  export control.
>
> Anyone with a better view of this able to comment?

I only have my cynical view of the US government, and similar 
regulations that made
'encryption' an armament... on the other hand as an arms, every 'murkin 
citizen has
the right to bear arms... and hence, by declaring encryption an 
armament, every
'murkin has a right to encryption... where's the NRA when ya need 'em...

By similar reasoning then, every 'murkin has a right to a myriadchannel 
radio receiver...

As for needeing a filter bank... with DSP there is no need for a 'filter 
bank'... at least as
a physical element...

And of course it is with good reason we, us 'murkins, get all of our 
manufactured products
from China, since we then don't have to worry about US export 
regulations at all.