Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Hardware recommendations

[Eric Blossom]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 07:29:49PM +0100, M Taylor wrote:
> 
> I am looking for recommendations and perhaps a "feel" for the how
> near a future the availability of the USRP.

Pretty close.  Matt & I just sorted out a long standing problem we had
on the Rx path.

We're putting together some cool demos that we'll be doing at the TAPR
Digital Communications Conference next month.

> I have been learning about GNU Radio, but want to get my hands
> dirty with actual playing and was trying to decide what is the
> best approach regarding hardware. I am also a licensed radio 
> amateur, so hardware like Flex-Radio (full Tx/Rx or Rx-only) and
> DSP-10 are possible 'narrow' bandwidth RF frontends, but I would
> like a flexible yet affordable RF Frontend and ADC, like the USRP
> if it is nearly ready. I'd rather not drop the money for the 
> Measurement Computing if I could buy a USRP kit/board in the near
> future instead.

I'd hold off on the Measurement Computing board.
We'll be taking orders soon.

Eric