I'm an IT (computer) and have been one for nearly 30 years.
There was a time I was hot on the whole FlexRadio game, but after a year of
running one the novelty wore off.
By The Way, in that year of running one I longed for conventional filters
(roofing filters)
From: Scott Manthe <scott.man...@gmail.com>
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TS-990
The difference, of course, is that a computer is not REQUIRED to use a
K3. The Flex will not function at all without the computer, so the
comments about the Flex being dependent on computer hardware are hardly
"nonsense."
73,
Scott, N9AA
On 3/10/15 10:45 AM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
> First a disclaimer: I don't own a Flex radio (and it is a radio) The
> closest I've come is using an LP Pan on the i-f output of a K3, which
> I do own.
>
> But this argument is simply nonsense. If the radio breaks---they
> actually do you know---you're (note spelling) off the air too.
>
> And try as I might, I can't see Internet spots on my K3, nor can I use
> it to keep my banking records, write email, do antenna modeling, etc.
> For this I still need a computer. And believe it or not, that same
> computer is connected to my K3 and I would be lost without it. I
> don't want to go back to my BC-342 and crystal-controlled 6L6, which
> some still think are the only "real" radios. Time marches on...try to
> keep up.
>
> Wes N7WS
>
>
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