Is there anything else that can be discussed on this forum? BORING<<<>>> I have
my on order and am very please with the all the units I own.... Let's get into
another subject.... Thank you, W4EG
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:03:42 -0400
> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] why so many for sale
>
> We have here a grand design. A grand marketing design.
>
> Pardon my bluntness, but this is not news to many readers: so far the 5k has
> not delivered its promised performance. It's gotten pretty good, but it is
> still, for example, no QSK machine. And there are other limitations. It
> turns out, rather obviously, that these limitations are primarily because
> the hardware and software have hit the wall of physical law.
>
> Flex all along has promised that these limits were going to be overcome by
> the next new version. Now we have the new solution. The limitations which
> could not be overcome by the PowerSDR platform will be overcome by the next
> new platform. A very expensive platform. And will these limitations be
> overcome? Will new horizon overcome the laws of physics?
>
> I eagerly hope so.
>
> W2RF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter G. Viscarola
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 12:23 PM
> To: 'Rick McClelland, AA5S'; Flex Edge Reflector
> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] why so many for sale
>
> >
> >I'm curious as to why you say
> > especially the 6700R, isn't the receiver in the 6700R going to be
> >identical to the receiver in the 6700? I think I may be missing your
> point here.
> >
>
> Thanks for asking.
>
> I have great respect for whoever thought of creating a receiver version of
> the 6700... it's not an obvious play, but it's a really great one.
>
> I said the 6700R is a *especially* excellent example of a "price premium,
> non-holds-barred, product" -- Think of the 6700R from the standpoint of
> "high quality HF receivers" *not* from the standpoint of "amateur radio."
>
> The 6700R establishes a new high price, highly differentiated,
> cost-is-no-object category of "HF receivers." While this market is
> limited, there ARE those folks in the market -- either serious hobbyists or
> government agencies -- who want to have and can afford "the best." While
> there's likely to be some overlap, MANY of the folks who would buy a $6K
> receiver are NOT likely to be the same folks who would buy a $7K amateur
> radio and use it for receive only.
>
> The folks who would buy the 6700R also aren't the same folks who'd spring
> for a CDRX-3200 (or an additional CDRX-3200). That's a whole different
> space.
>
> So why not establish a "new high end" for HF receivers by introducing the
> 6700R? Like you said, Rick... It's the same device as the 6700. You've
> done the engineering for the transceiver anyways, so you might as well
> introduce a First Wave (high price, highly differentiated,
> cost-is-no-object) HF receiver. The added cost to do this is minimal (not
> zero, but pretty low), and any profits you get are basically "found money."
>
> What's really cool is that at $7K, the 6700R is about HALF the (street)
> price of an IC-R9500 -- Of course the IC-R9500 receives from 5KHz up to over
> 3GHz. But if you need an HF receiver, the 6700R is likely to give the Icom
> a run for its money.
>
> Oh, yes... very clever indeed. Whoever had the idea of introducing the
> 6700R should get a bonus.
>
> Peter
> OSR
>
>
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