I don't think anyone is being forced to purchase the yearly support fee. Get the radio to the point you want and then cancel the subscription. The only problem with this is that the folks at Flex will continue to develop the software to the point that customers will become addicted to the upgrades and won't be able to stop themselves from subscribing. And that my friend is a good thing...
Edwin Marzan AB2VW > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 21:14:04 -0400 > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Which one do I want? > > Since the PC is not as important with the 6000 series it would have been > nice to that little PC in the 6000 box, just add the power supply and plug > the monitor into the 6500 or 6700 and go. I was told at Dayton my lowly > netbook would run it but possibly not bring up all the receiver slices as > maybe the only issue that may come up. > > Still hard to get past the $199 yearly support fee, that's about $1000 for 5 > years. You can spin it any way you want for supporting it but that's a lot > of money but I DO understand their reasoning for charging a fee. Glad to see > the post on another manufacturers reflector where one of the owners said > they will never EVER charge a fee for support. > > Hey! We do like their products and will continue to support them. > > > KE4WY Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Wachsmann > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:07 PM > To: Scott Myers > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Which one do I want? > > We understand the need for clear information and are working towards a > dynamic FAQ that we can publish and expand on the website. Please bear with > us as we are still recovering from the Dayton trip. In the interest of some > clear answers, see my comments below. > > > Eric Wachsmann > FlexRadio Systems* > Tune in ExcitementT* > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Scott Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > > > snip > > > > > > 1 - 2 Meters > > I thought both the 6500 & 6700 had 2 meter. At least this is the info > > I was given at the show, before I pulled the trigger. Another post > > said the 6500 didn't have 2 meters. > > > > [Eric] Only the 6700 will support 2m without external transverters. The > output is 0dBm nominal. The brochure is somewhat confusing on this and > we'll clarify this on the spec table. > > > > > > 2 - Diversity receive and beam steering I'm really trying to get my > > head around why only the 6700 will do this. I assumed the 6500 would > > do this. (Pardon my thickness on this.) Since the 6500 has a "Receive > > A" and standard antenna connector, why won't it do it? > > I read a previous post on this subject, but it read like Greek to me. > > > > [Eric] While you can have up to 4 or 8 slice receivers depending on the > model (6500 = 4, 6700 = 8), there is another important distinction. The > 6700 includes a complete second RF front end. This includes the > preamplifiers, filters, and the wideband ADC. We call this a Spectral > Capture Unit or just SCU for short. While you could put multiple slice > receivers from the same SCU on the same frequency and do "diversity" on it, > it would serve no benefit as the digital data used would contain no > additional information. In order to do diversity like we do with the > FLEX-5000, you need a separate front end to provide an input from a separate > antenna. > > > > > > 3 - Satellite operation > > Is the 6500 going to be sufficient for Satellite operation? > > > > [Eric] With the appropriate external hardware to run 70cm and any necessary > amplification of the nominal 0dBm output on 2m, the answer is yes. > > > > > 4 - 600 Meter operation > > I know this is somewhat of an unknown thing yet. But being a SDR, > > will the 6000 series (or any Flex) be able to handle RX and TX on the > > newly to be assigned 600 meter band? > > > > [Eric] Yes! This, 2200m, and 4m are all covered on both receive and > transmit (again low power, nominal 0dBm output). > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. > > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
