That is a lot of money for a radio without knobs. Oh yes you also need a computer. BTW the elecraft transverter works very well with the sdr1000 and should do fine with the 5000 too. Most transverters with some modification will do well. I would be more interested in a SDR5000 w/o the 100 watt pa. 73 Maarten
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 2:19 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Feedback requested > John > The thought of having a second receiver board is certainly enticing and in > fact, I had planned to purchase one. I have the highest respect for Flex > products but for the sake of providing honest feedback, I would just like > to > say the following. When I inquired about the price at the CSVHFS > conference > this summer, a ball park figure of roughly half of the price mentioned in > this e-mail was estimated. In my opinion it was reasonable, however the > price range stated in this e-mail has definitely caused me to rethink > whether I can justify spending 25% of what I paid for the entire radio on > the second receiver. To me this is disappointing as I had planned to > purchase every conceivable accessory as they became available. > In my case, the upcoming internal 2 meter transverter will be a priority > and if I remember correctly, a pleasingly reasonable estimated price in > the > mid $200 range was mentioned for it. Now I am wondering if that will also > be > priced beyond what can be justified. Please don't get me wrong, I love the > cutting edge products you are producing and have been wrestling with my > conscience about whether or not to send this e-mail, but I'm sure you want > an honest opinion from your customers. Perhaps there are others that feel > this way and haven't spoken up. > > Thanks for listening, > > Jim > K5HY > > > >>From: "john" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> >>CC: 'Sales' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [Flexradio] Feedback requested >>Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:34:50 -0500 >> >>Dear Flexers and soon-to-be Flexers: >> >> >> >>Gerald is busy finishing up the second receiver design; it should be >>available late January or February. The price is expected to be between >>$600-700. We would like to know how many units to build. >> >>Please let me know if you would like to reserve a 2nd receiver. >> >> >> >>We are also planning to order t-shirts and hats. Each item will sell for >>$10 >>plus shipping. The shirt will be slightly modified, making it generic to >>both SDR-1K and 5000 radios. The FLEX-5000 banner will be removed and >>replaced with " Real Radios Don't Need Knobs" . "Open Source >>Software-User Defined" will be moved to below the console. Please let me >>know if you are interested in a hat and/or shirt or both. >> >> >> >>Thanks. >> >> >> >>John P. Basilotto >> >>W5GI >> >>Chief Operating Officer >> >>Marketing and Sales >> >>Office 512 535-5266 >> >>FAX 512 233-5143 >> >>www.flex-radio.com >> >> >> >> >> >>-------------- next part -------------- >>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>URL: >>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071031/47824829/attachment.html >>_______________________________________________ >>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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ >>FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
