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Re: blind demodulation - sound card - lucent winmodem


From: Evrim ULU <evrim () envy com tr>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 09:47:47 +0300

Brass, Phil (ISS Atlanta) wrote:
not mistaken, the sound card can sample 44khz 8bits per sample 2 channels,
typically, so it actually does roughly 700kbits per second sampling.
However, all these extra bits won't help you reconstruct the stream if the
carrier frequency or whatever of the data stream is faster than 44khz.  Even
if the information content is less, if you are sampling too slowly, no
matter how precisely, you will not be able to reconstruct the stream.


I don't know why you are stuck with the sound card properties. But good news are here: I've looked for national.com after your message and for only $10, i've found adc08200 which is an 8 bit adc and has a 200 MSPS (mega samples per second) sampling rate. $10 is very cheap so, we are not stuck with the 44khz sound card.


Secondly, the FBI has got "data tap" (modem-deciphering) devices, starting
in 1995: http://www.nctp.org/docs/nwsltr9912/9912p02.html.

I think, they've already done all the things that i'm gonna do in next 10 years but this won't stop me ehe:-)

Perhaps you could get in touch with agent Michael Morris and find out how
his equipment works, or whom he bought it from?

Heh, i don't think agents are going to like me.

--
Evrim ULU
evrim () envy com tr / evrim () core gen tr
sysadm
http://www.core.gen.tr


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