The radio I probably kept the longest (so far at least) was a yaesu FT-1000D, I bought one of the first ones and held on to it for almost 10 years. A few years after it came out they came out with a pin diode modification for TR switching. I sent mine in and had the pin diode modification done. It could about 150 bucks shipping plus their time and labor.
Did Yaesu cheat me by improving the radio? When I owned a 756 Pro2, did I feel cheated that I couldn't upgrade it at all when the Pro3 came out? No and No. I really don't think our friends in Austin did anything underhanded nor with ill intent. If you factor in the cost minus the rebate for returning the old board, its less than I paid for shipping for the 1000d. Neal On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Edwin Marzan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I read that everyone who purchased an SDR1000 would automatically be upgraded > to a Flex 5000 for free. And Flex would pay shipping too. Also Eric would > rent a room in your home and fix any problems that arise for as long as you > live. > > > > Edwin MarzanAB2VW> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:33:33 +1000> To: > flexradio@flex-radio.biz> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Flexradio] SO2R > out of the box once we had the RX2> > Looks like we got conned, buy early and > pay extra later!!> The advertising didnt tell me that before i forked out > big> dollars. Not happy Jan!> David > VK2SSH> > _______________________________________________ > _________________________________________________________________ > It's a talkathon – but it's not just talk. > http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_JustTalk > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services for Windows, OS X and Linux (540) 242 0911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Try Spot for OS X, the intelligent DXCluster Client at www.abrohamnealsoftware.com - introduction priced at $10.99 ------------------------------------------------- For a great dog book, visit www.abrohamneal.com ------------------------------------------------- See the FlexRadio Systems Flex-5000a in action at www.flex-videos.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/
