Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Speaking of RF front ends

[Paul J Zawada]

On Feb 10, 2004, at 4:32 PM, Eric Blossom wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 05:15:30PM -0500, Krzysztof Kamieniecki wrote:
> > I forgot to mention the press release
> > http://www.microtune.com/news/2004Releases/20204.html
> >
> > And the two major stumbling blocks:
> > 1. Getting it in low quantities
> > 2. Possibly assembly, as it's 8mm x 8mm  with 56 leads.
> >
> > Blah...
>
> 3. $5000 eval board!

I guess they're getting tired of the "hobbyist" crowd bugging them...

Frankly, I wouldn't even think of looking at this chip given my past 
experience with Microtune...

--zawada