Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] required hardware?

[ed]

Yaesu just submitted for FCC approval a new quad-band handheld transceiver 
to replace the VX-5.  specs and photos:
http://www.strongsignals.net/access/content/rr_vx-7r.html

while externally programmable, it's not a true SDR.  but it's a form factor 
many of us would like to see a SDR in eventually.

-ed cummings


At 07:43 PM 4/11/02 -0700, KG6KWT wrote:
> 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