(Chris Howard) wrote in message ...
On 13 Nov 2004 19:50:20 -0800, StevenS wrote:
Hello,

I've been out of the hobby for years now, but want to purchase an HF
rig, possibly with the 6m and 2m and even 70cm options. My main
concern is that the radio have the best and most flexible receiver
possible. I'd like to do some DSP work and if the receiver is a
software receiver and is programmable, that would be very desirable.

Are you looking at the software defined radio angle?
There are a couple of those now being manufactured that
might be better platforms for doing DSP work.

Yes, the software defined radio is exactly what I want. Seems to me
that I want to get very good RF front ends and good A/D, then do the
rest in my PC. I have a signal processing background and want to
experiment on the signal processsing side. I don't want to get bogged
down with the RF amps, or building the transmitter side. Is there
some transceiver that gives me the a/d output and has great RF amps?

On 15 Nov 2004 20:26:05 -0800, StevenS wrote:
(Chris Howard) wrote in message ...
On 13 Nov 2004 19:50:20 -0800, StevenS wrote:
Hello,

I've been out of the hobby for years now, but want to purchase an HF
rig, possibly with the 6m and 2m and even 70cm options. My main
concern is that the radio have the best and most flexible receiver
possible. I'd like to do some DSP work and if the receiver is a
software receiver and is programmable, that would be very desirable.

Are you looking at the software defined radio angle?
There are a couple of those now being manufactured that
might be better platforms for doing DSP work.

Yes, the software defined radio is exactly what I want. Seems to me
that I want to get very good RF front ends and good A/D, then do the
rest in my PC. I have a signal processing background and want to
experiment on the signal processsing side. I don't want to get bogged
down with the RF amps, or building the transmitter side. Is there
some transceiver that gives me the a/d output and has great RF amps?

I believe it is called the SDR-1000. www.flex-radio.com

I don't know if it is exactly what you want, but probably the
closest thing. Send them an email and they can answer your
questions. I went to a talk by the guy who developed it. He's
a real nice guy.