Firstly, Ham Radio is not a hobby, it's a technical pursuit.

The best transceiver for any self-respecting _REAL_ Radio Ham is
the one that he conceives and makes for himself.

CBers, OTOH, have a hobby and buy their rigs off the shelf, even
sending them back to the emporium if needing repair.

You'd be surprised at how many CBers-Masquerading-As-Radio-Hams
there are to be found today!

StevenS wrote:
I've been out of the hobby for years now, but want to purchase an HF
rig, possibly with the 6m and 2m and even 70cm options. My main
concern is that the radio have the best and most flexible receiver
possible. I'd like to do some DSP work and if the receiver is a
software receiver and is programmable, that would be very desirable.