I was only advocating the transmitter being integrated (and only part of it at that!), adding the RF signal generation and I/Q modulator to the amp housing seems to be to be fairly trivial small sign
Probably fairer to say that SDR POTENTIALLY goes a long way in helping to forstall obsolescence. Without accepted standards for how to do this thing you would quickly end up with lots of manufacturer
Which moves the specification problem from hardware to protocol. But as long as the protocol is defined (ports, packet formats, how clock distribution is handled, how does the software find out what
100 pins, meh, that is what ChipQuick (VERY low melting point solder) is for (Or cut all the leads away from the package, clean up and fit the new part, but ChipQuick is easier and faster). Quad flat
Trouble is most of 'em don't know how to tell the difference between your IMD and their receiver overload! Rx connected to a PC with a decent sound card and some known attenuators is a reasonable sta
Rx overload can be an issue that gets mistaken by those who do not understand the use of the attenuator for transmitter generated IMD if the receiver is seeing a massive signal from the subject trans