LinHT: Amateur Radio's Software Defined Transceiver Revolution

LinHT, an open-source hardware software-defined transceiver, successfully booted for the first time! Praised by industry veteran Bruce Perens as the most important hardware project in amateur radio today, LinHT achieved a 5dBm output power in the 420-450MHz UHF band despite initial skepticism. The project owes its success to Vlastimil OK5VAS and Andreas OE3ANC, and the PCB design is publicly available. Prototype production cost approximately $190 per unit (based on a 5-unit run). LinHT signals a revolution in amateur radio, driven by software-defined transceivers.