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> 1. Is there anybody else out there thinking along similar lines?

I'm not aware, but that may not mean much :)

> 2. What would be the best hardware/software stack to base this work
> on?
> 
> I'm thinking the best driver for rate control experimentation would
> be ath9k, right? If so then a TP-Link TL-WA901ND router (apparently
> based on Qualcomm QCA956x SOC) with OpenWrt, and a TP-Link TL-WDN4800 
> PCIe card (apparently based on Atheros AR9380 with PCI ID 168c:0030)
> for my desktop sounds like a good combo, no? 

Seems reasonable, yes. You wouldn't have VHT, but HT has enough search
space to keep you busy ;-)

> But would I have to run a custom kernel on my desktop then (or can I
> somehow get by with an Ubuntu standard kernel)?

You could use a backported driver. https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/

johannes