Maarten, I do not understand Flex-Radio´s move either. There is a large potential for selling a receiver-only version without 1 W or 100 W PA to radiotic individuals like VLF, LF, MW, short-wave listeners and beacon hun-ters which are excluded as possible buyers because they are not licensed hams. To this group of non-radiant radio enthusiasts the SDR1k is barely known and they are barred out already before the goods news of its existence reaches them. Hope that so many replies to this topic lets Flex-Radio reconsider its move.
vy 73 es gl SM6OMH Willi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maarten N1DZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philip Theis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 6:48 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] No 1 watt units >I initally bought the 1 watt version for my 6m and up transverters. I did > not buy the 100 watt version as I saw the SDR1000 as an experimental > radio. I was not sure if the SDR 1000 would be any useful for me. After > less than 3 weeks I added the 100 watt PA as I really enjoyed the low band > HF receive capabilities too. Soon I modified the SDR 1000 with I relais > prior to the PA that redirects the 1 Watt signal to the transverter port. > This Relais is activated via a homebrew poor mans UCB interface. I > upgraded my stations to Electaft transverters that are switched via the > poor mans UCB interface. > This gives me 160-70cm with 100 watts on HF. The transverter port also > makes a very good 2nd RX for my 80 & 160m beverages. > BTW these are very easy modifications. > On this moment the SDR 1000 is my exclusive 160-70cm radio. > > With the SDR1000 hardware design it is unfortunate that the relais for the > DEM transverter is placed prior to the PA and the preamp. If this relais > was placed in front of the HF preamp and behind the low power PA it would > have made transverter interfacing easier. (More Flexible) > I feel Flexradio makes a mistake by discontinuing the 1 watt version. > Isn't it called a FLEXradio because of the flexibility in hardware and > software? > > 73 Maarten > > On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:30:30 -0500, Philip Theis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Regarding the future absence of the 1 watt unit, will there be a QRP >> port? >> That is absolutely necessary for transverter work. Perhaps the new unit >> will have better transverter capabilities. >> I would think that as many as I encounter doing VHF/UHF work with the >> SDR, >> that the qrp unit would be more popular, I know it's the only SDR I own. >> Perhaps many qrp users also work low bands, hence acquire the 100 watt >> unit. >> My plan had been to get one with the high power option in the future. >> Phil K3TUF >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio mailing list >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ >> >> FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Text inserted by Platinum 2007: >> >> This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail >> (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: >> http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_3037&SPAM=true >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
