At 04:05 PM 5/18/2012, Brian Lloyd wrote:
On Friday, May 18, 2012, Jerry Flanders wrote:
> The 6500 has only one hardware receive path, so "beam steering", or
> similar features we have become familiar with in the 5000a/rx2 would not be
> possible. Looks like the 6700 is the one to get if you want FULL features,
> at almost twice (shudder) the price.
The question is, what is the alternative? I don't see one yet.
Not sure what you mean - if you are asking how can you retain beam
steering, the answer is to get the 6700 instead of the 6500. This
thread is discussing the differences between them.
> I think I will wait and see how you early adopters like the complete
> radio, including the _expected_ software.
I'll let you know. :-)
OTOH, Flexes promo pdf on the 6700 sounds like an attractive radio,
and my birthday is next week, and I already alerted the YL that I
might "need" another radio... And I might "need" it NOW!
Jerry W4UK
> From our experience with PowerSDR, I am guessing that the more exotic
> features of the new software are years down the road. This probably
> includes full interoperability with many of the accessory programs we enjoy
> now. Having super hardware is nice to talk about, but this hardware needs
> super software to make it into a radio.
Part of the problem with PSDR was the haphazard way it's early development
went. The more recent releases required fewer iterations and had fewer
bugs. It seems that Flex's development has matured substantially.
Regardless, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. I am looking forward
to the ride.
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