This is a good point. Take the "upgrade" between the IC-756 Pro II and the Pro III as an example of the extreme end of the scale. It is the same radio with a bit more filtering at the first IF, a slightly improved preamp and 60m support and it was almost $1000 more than the list price of the Pro II when it was released. We get very spoiled because with a SDR, we get *lots* of upgrades to the radio for free with a software download or for a small incremental cost when it is a rare hardware change.
-Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Mushel Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 9:45 AM To: Edwin Marzan; Jerry Johnson; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Surprise, there is a new HRFIO board to buy for your Flex 5000a (maybe I missed an announcement on this also) Speaking from personal experience, I have not been too successful in my attempts to see into the future. Normally, the discovery of a potential improvement by a manufacturer is simply used as bait to get one to buy an improved product---the entire product. The fact that Flex is making improved/changed components available simply reinforces my conviction that I chose the right company to deal with! Will there be future physical changes in the 5000 product line? I sincerely hope so. Until someone tells me that I have no choice but to buy something I see nothing wrong with this approach. 73 Lee K9WRU ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edwin Marzan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jerry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Surprise, there is a new HRFIO board to buy for your Flex 5000a (maybe I missed an announcement on this also) > > The company has a right to make improvements in it's design whenever they see fit. Surely you have no objection to this, do you? > > Happy 4th! > > Edwin MarzanAB2VW> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:19:44 -0500> Subject: [Flexradio] Surprise, there is a new HRFIO board to buy for your Flex 5000a (maybe I missed an announcement on this also)> > Looks like our designers missed something when designing the Flex5000A and> some of the promised future expansions. So much that now it's time to start > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play chicktionary! > http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_wlhmtextlink1_feb > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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/
