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A websdr is a software defined radio receiver connected to the internet, allowing many listeners to listen and tune it simultaneously. The european market is likely to foresee growth opportunities. If you know of a program that is missing please leave. It is called a software defined radio or sdr for short. Its a halfduplex radio and transmits and receives just as easily at any point of its entire frequency range of 1mhz to 6ghz.
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