There is absolutely no need to apologize to anyone. Opinions are always welcome. I can see where one might get your initial impression especially if it is not 100% understood that the change was providing current RX2 and future transverters upgrades and was not required unless you wanted the new capabilities.
I am glad the radio is designed in a modular fashion so that I have the option to spend $129 for new features rather than two to four thousand dollars for a new rig to get those same new optional features. And for all the US folks, everyone have a safe and enjoyable 4th of July. I think I smell a hotdog with my name on it :-) -Tim -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 11:29 AM To: Tim Ellison; 'Lee Mushel'; 'Edwin Marzan'; [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) Tim, as I told Lee off list, I agree and yes we are spoiled. That's why I voted with my dollars for the Flex and will continue to do so. This just caught me off guard. The radio still seems brand new and it's time to upgrade. I must be the only one on the reflector that was surprised by this. Sorry, my apologies. Thanks for everyone's input. Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 10:10 AM To: Lee Mushel; 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) 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 _______________________________________________ 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/
