I too am a little dismayed with SDR Radios that use the computer interface as the control. I like knobs, buttons, sliders, meters, etc. I think the way the SDR concept was designed was by thinking outside of the box - but - I think the designers jumped into another box. Yes, they went outside the box of physical controls....to another box...GUI controls (screen/mouse/pointer/etc.). Now the question is which is better? Why is one better over the other? A large factor is determining the control of radios is what the market place wants, desires, and/or expects a radio to be. Or, is it both? Making the leap from knobs to GUI is pretty large for me, but on the other hand I want to have my hand on a knob with the option of having the PC do some of the work. Of course the SDR type of radios is still in the beginning stages as a perceived radio. What would happen if the technology from the SDR radio is packaged in a box with knobs and switches along with a niffty display. Lee - K0wa
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