[Discuss-gnuradio] 802.11 radios == software radios?

[David Young]

Excuse me if this is a naive question, but are the 802.11b radio chipsets
by Intersil and others "software radios" ? Is it possible to change their
modulation scheme and tune them to different channels in the 2.4GHz band
with a change to their firmware?

Is there any such thing as an affordable 2.4GHz experimenter's kit for
software radio? Are the obstacles to an inexpensive kit technical or
economic (i.e., the market is too small)?

Dave

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