ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,970, issued on June 17.
"QRP digital mode radio transceiver" was invented by Henry Hardy Perritt Jr. (Charlottesville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact system and method for two-way communication via digital radio modes, such as FT4 and FT8, are disclosed. The system includes a multiband transceiver, protol definition files, an audio signal generator, a digital signal processor, an monopole antenna system, a ground system with a ground plane, solar power supply, and a computer interface with input and output capabilities. The system scans a predefined spectrum slice, detects digital mode signals, decodes them, and display...