Amen Brother, I'm not holding my breath. Look how long it's taken to get
the 5000 where it is. I'm not complaining, just fact. The 5000 at this
point in time is the most radio for the dollar even with several
unresolved issues. It may "feel" different with the 6500 and 6700 at
first but will not really kick in till the software matures. Still four
or more receive slices? Nice! Im also afraid network connectivity for
all that data going back and forth is not all it's cracked up to be. Try
downloading at a true 2 Mbytes/sec and try to get your mail and see what
happens. Or backing up to an external server, publish video and stream
multiple videos from the server on the same lan, all at the same time.
I will wait. Too many interface ifs to be worked out with other software
as well as I don't hear any working solutions at this point.
Vic K4XTT
On 5/18/2012 1:46 PM, 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.
I think I will wait and see how you early adopters like the complete
radio, including the _expected_ software. 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.
Jerry W4UK
At 11:37 AM 5/18/2012, you wrote:
As near as I can see, the real differences between the 6500 and 6700
are as follows:
6700 has faster processing power; but how does that affect my use of
the transceiver. Is the higher processing power required for the
additional 4 receive slices.
6700 has 8 receive slices, 6500 has 4 receive slices
6700 has receive into two meters
6700 has a more accurate frequency reference if you don't get the GPS
disciplined option.
Not sure of any other differences.
It seems to me that the 6700 offers few real enhancements over the
6500. Pretty pricey cost increase for the above items.
George
K2CM
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