I was looking at the KV4P project, and that feels like the future to me.
You're already carrying a device with a big touchscreen and a big enough CPU to run a very flexible and customizable UI. Let the software people handle this, and turn the RF stuff into a dongle.
I suspect the existing radio firms wouldn't like that. Even if the Icom or Yaesu dongle performs better than the Baofeng one, it would be difficult to gatekeep expensive products by user interface design and capabilities anymore. The $30 radio is no longer limited by having to cram everything into a 2-line, 12-character display and having to scroll through 40 menus.
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I was looking at the KV4P project, and that feels like the future to me.
You're already carrying a device with a big touchscreen and a big enough CPU to run a very flexible and customizable UI. Let the software people handle this, and turn the RF stuff into a dongle.
I suspect the existing radio firms wouldn't like that. Even if the Icom or Yaesu dongle performs better than the Baofeng one, it would be difficult to gatekeep expensive products by user interface design and capabilities anymore. The $30 radio is no longer limited by having to cram everything into a 2-line, 12-character display and having to scroll through 40 menus.