Hi all,
Thought it would be fun to toss around what your dream SDR features would have. One of the fun things, at least to me, about this hobby is that we are still in its infancy. I personally have a couple Ettus B200, an Ettus N321 (for work), HackRF, a Lime, and a Airspy and while they are all awesome in different ways I can't help feel like there is still a long way to go before SDRs really go mainstream.
I think for me, my dream (well, a reasonable one anyway) would be something like a B210 but slightly better RF performance, some physical controls like traditional radios, a nicer case (something Apple-style, that feels like a really premium device), two RX and TX channels. It would also be kind of cool to have matched inputs for different applications, but that is hard to do from a manufacturer's standpoint I guess since they don't know what we are actually using these radios for. Oh - and I want bus powered! I hate plugging in separate power supplies to my 321....if it could be bus powered with Thunderbolt 3 sample transport that would be super convenient for mobile use. I realize this is probably impossible for a radio that has a higher power draw with multiple channels, but hey, we're dreaming right?
What crazy ideas would you guys love to see in a SDR?
Thought it would be fun to toss around what your dream SDR features would have. One of the fun things, at least to me, about this hobby is that we are still in its infancy. I personally have a couple Ettus B200, an Ettus N321 (for work), HackRF, a Lime, and a Airspy and while they are all awesome in different ways I can't help feel like there is still a long way to go before SDRs really go mainstream.
I think for me, my dream (well, a reasonable one anyway) would be something like a B210 but slightly better RF performance, some physical controls like traditional radios, a nicer case (something Apple-style, that feels like a really premium device), two RX and TX channels. It would also be kind of cool to have matched inputs for different applications, but that is hard to do from a manufacturer's standpoint I guess since they don't know what we are actually using these radios for. Oh - and I want bus powered! I hate plugging in separate power supplies to my 321....if it could be bus powered with Thunderbolt 3 sample transport that would be super convenient for mobile use. I realize this is probably impossible for a radio that has a higher power draw with multiple channels, but hey, we're dreaming right?
What crazy ideas would you guys love to see in a SDR?
