After verifying that MAX2871 works properly in almost every aspect I decided to write the code that will enable versatile configuration of the chip (I find it very tiring to flash the chip every time I want to update one parameter). I wrote firmware that expects user input from serial terminal to execute various functions. These are primarly PLL configurations that synthesize different output frequencies, but there are also functions to read out registers, select filters, etc.

I also wrote a Python script that provides command line interface for easier communication with the Transmitter. 

Source code as well as wiki of the code is available on my Github repo.