Hi All; I am totally saddened that Flexradio decided to drop the low end SDR-1000, possibly man power issues, not sure, but quite certain that both the 1000 & 5000 could have lived under the same roof leaving us all with a choice, and known quality of support.
I honestly believe Flex dropped the ball, and broke a NA Line of SRD's that would have survived with great rewards.......usually called Business Growth. Shipping from India &/or Germany to going to offset any apparent savings I'm afraid, that combined with any required service that may be needed down the road is certainly going to keep me away. I waited and looked for months to find a 1000 that will be used exclusively on EME, and no way could I justify a 5000 for a 28Mhz IF as Dana has mentioned. I still believe there is room for a peeled down 1w version of the 5000 for this market, what the demand would be in the weak signal area, EME & Otherwise I have no Idea, but would have loved to have seen at least the 1000 continued here in NA. I am 70 years old and perhaps should not care, but I do. ALSO because of NAFTA (North America Free Tirade Act) anything Imported from outside of NA is subject to Duty and Excise Taxes that amount to approx 25%, at least here in Canada. Regards & Thanks, Darrell At 11:25 PM 6/18/2008, Dana Rawding wrote: >I can't agree more with Peter on this point. I was saddened by the >discontinuation of the 1W SDR-1000 though I understand it from FRS's >business standpoint. For my VHF+ work I just can't justify dropping >about 3K on a 5000a to be used as a 10m IF. And for $479 the Indian >board sure beats the $641 for an unknown condition 1W SDR-1000 that >sold yesterday on eBay. > >I think there is a hole that needs to be filled with a low cost SDR >radio and since FRS decided to abandon that market why should they or >anyone be upset that someone else moved in? > >Dana >N1OFZ > >On Jun 18, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Peter G. Viscarola wrote: > > > I, for one, am curious about this new transceiver and would love to > > see > > some test results from one. I nothing on their web site that'd lead me > > to suspect it's of poor quality. And if it puts lower-cost SDRs in > > the > > hands of more hams, and allows some of them to innovate in digital > > signal processing, that'll just benefit us all. > > > > Peter > > K1PGV > > >_______________________________________________ >FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: >http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
