[Discuss-gnuradio] Fwd: US patrols use cool advanced military radios (not)

[Maitland Bottoms]

In the gnuradio list, Steve Schear writes:
>Soldiers in Bosnia scour catalogs, PX in search of better two-way radios
>By Sean E. Cobb, Bosnia bureau
>Stars & Stripes, European edition, Wednesday, June 26, 2002
>
>EAGLE BASE, Bosnia and Herzegovina -- For soldiers on patrol with the 
>Bosnian peacekeeping mission, the best way to stay in touch starts with 
>the post exchange.
>
>That's where soldiers are buying up two-way radios designed for civilian 
>families on ski slopes or at the mall. The commercial two-way radios are 
>smaller, more powerful and more reliable than Army-issue hand-held radios ...
>
><snip>
>
><http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=8692&archive=true>
>
>Well, so much for that $2 billion contract Boeing and Harris just got to 
>supply the Defense Department with advanced SDR mobile and hand held 
>radios. DoD can go to Best Buy instead.
>
><http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2002/q2/nr_020624s.html>

> steve

Just wait 'till the Garmin Rhino units hit the store shelves...