Bill
This was the last message on the topic that I read. Kill the horse, since
you hit on the MOST important of all facts which make this radio different
than others, in your last paragraph. The many comments about the 'review'
hit on many aspects which make it a great radio but still not unique.
The truly unique factor IS: it is the ONLY UDR, User Defined Radio.
for the amateur market, Matt Ettus and the gnuradio folk might differ with the "ONLY"... http://www.ettus.com/
The SDR1000 is certainly the closest to a "plug and play" ham rig.
There's also a huge number of user defined radios in the commercial world. Check out companies like Pentek. For that matter, the new Electra radio used on Mars Reconaissance Orbiter is a "software radio", in that most of the radio's processing is done in software. (Initially modeled in Matlab, for that matter.
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/mission/sc_instru_electra.html
http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/fourlanders/2005-August/000778.html
Yep.. Electra's right at 437.1 MHz in the middle of the 70cm ham band.
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