with the changes in the 5ghz rules, it may force innovation in filtering technology to bring cost down, assuming the innovators arent stuck in a mindset of the only thing that would work is what there is.
How do filters works? Are there electronically adjustable filters? Where does the cost come from on filters? It is not new technology, so recovery of R&D on a new tech has long since past, what is it that drives the cost up? Is it primarily a matter of it being something needed, so its more valuable, or is it something in the physical properties of the filters that drives up the cost? Can you filter electronically a transmitter using something along the same lines of noise cancelling headphones -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925