/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1855413
>these things will dissapear soon. good riddance. SDR BTFOS all those things
Not entirely.
First off good filters are important to make use of the dynamic range of the ADC. A broadcasting station be it radio, TV, navigation or something else, will easily overload your ADC.
Good filters are also important for the transmitter part to stay within the regulations. Not all do that, ref. Pixie.
Also don't overlook the importance of a nice mechanical user interface like a large knob for the frequency and sufficient with buttons to avoid digging deep into multi layer menus.
I would also have had two screens, a frequency screen like pic. related for the band I am operating on, as well as the right screen in >>1855357 to see what the sounding is like on a world map.
These things are self contained and may very well have a SDR inside, but most sSDR solutions now are components that have to be set up with dozens of other components in a mess.