Smitty is back to talk to us about the new M17 Open Source Digital Radio System Project - an all encompassing 100% open source design that aims to implement digital radio communications similar to DMR but built on 100% open technology. PERMALINK - https://www.HamRadioWorkbench.com/podcast/M17-Open-Source-Digital-Radio-System Our Website - http://www.hamradioworkbench.com/ Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hamworkbench Contact us for feedback and ideas - http://hamradioworkbench.com/contact Connect with us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/hamradioworkbench/ BrandMeister Talkgroup 31075 - https://hose.brandmeister.network/group/31075/ Smitty’s github - https://github.com/SmittyHalibut/ Smitty’s Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbqAVJZju972nkt06BshQqQ?view_as=subscriber Smitty on Twitter - https://twitter.com/smittyhalibut?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor M17 Open Source DMR-Like Hardware and Software System - https://teletra.pl/M17/blog/summary M17 Forums - https://teletra.pl/forum/index.php#c2  M17 Github - https://github.com/sp5wwp/M17_spec/blob/master/M17-Protocol.md M17 IRC - http://www.geekshed.net/  The #M17 channel. KB6NU Blog Post on M17 - https://www.kb6nu.com/m17-an-open-source-dmr-like-system/ Travis Goodspeed’s MD380tools - https://github.com/travisgoodspeed/md380tools Codec 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec_2 FreeDV - https://freedv.org/ Bruce Perens’ “HT of the Future” - https://perens.com/2019/05/23/ht-of-the-future-new-design/ Bruce Perens on Open Radio on QSOToday Podcast - https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/k6bp Amateurs and Pactor - https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/fcc-gets-complaint-proposed-ham-radio-rules-hurt-national-security/ Pactor and the FCC - https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10808597817982/ExParteCommunicationAug8.pdf