Thread: What is your wish list?
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jethro.itt
2007-08-25 , 10:04
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Originally Posted by BruceL View Post
Does anyone know what it would take to have a universal radio?
Using today's technology? A power budget of hundreds of watts or more and a unit price of somewhere around a hundred thousand to a million dollars... Projects like GNU radio will give a glimpse of things to come, but a general-purpose software defined radio is still far in the future.


Originally Posted by BruceL View Post
Why do we have all these special purpose radios?
Because it is the only feasible solution? Sheesh, give some credit to the engineers...