Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] required hardware?

[Johnathan Corgan]

On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 15:08, root wrote:

>       I have a related question... how many radios on the market these 
> days are slipping closer and closer to "software?"  For example, the 
> little Yaesu VX-5 I own has a huge receive range, with AM, FM, and WFM.  
> Kenwood has a model that also receives SSB.  How much is done in hardware 
> these days?  Is it moving toward firmware more ham and commercial radios 
> (think encryption options).

I just bought one of these today.  Looks like it has a "conventional"
(or should I say "legacy" :-) RF and baseband, while using a
microcontroller and diode switches for all the control/display, etc.

-Johnathan, KG6KWT