One of the coolest and most interesting parts of building CoLTE was the process of designing and purchasing our own SIM cards (1,000 of them, to be precise). Even though the SIM cards are a relatively small part of the whole technical system, they make a great visual, especially with our own design on them....
Author: Spencer
Introducing CoLTE!
Hi everyone! My name’s Spencer, I’m a postdoc at the University of Washington, and I’m super excited to introduce the Community LTE Project (CoLTE, pronounced colt-ee). I’ll be writing about CoLTE a lot over the coming years, with two main goals. First, we want to keep everyone informed of the project development, major milestones, and...
Spectrum Usage “Under The Radar”
This post is also published on the UW ICTD Blog here. When it comes to frequency regulation, the FCC has to be strict — but its coarse-grained approach to licensing harms the small-scale hobbyist community. It could stand to learn a thing or two from the FAA on this issue.