Ian, As Alan pointed out, no RX2 & no provisions for either internal or external transverter.
In addition, no RX-only antenna input, no antenna switching facilities, & only 1 PTT output for keying amp, etc. On the performance side: 1.) Instead of 11th-order bandpass filters for each band, 5th-order filters (7th-order on 160m). 2.) Lower performance D/A & A/D which will not support 192 kHz sample rate. 3.) Poorer frequency stability after warm-up. (+/-2.5 ppm instead of +/-0.5 ppm) 4.) No balanced microphone input. There are some other differences also. Look at the produce comparison chart at: http://www.flex-radio.com/Products.aspx?topic=SDR_Feature_Matrix So, there are a lot of reasons why someone would choose the FLEX-5000 over the FLEX-3000. If you are looking for ultimate performance, the FLEX-5000 series is still the leader of the pack. If you are looking for a solid-performing transceiver in the $1500 price class, then the FLEX-3000 is the clear choice. 73, Ray, K9DUR _______________________________________________ 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/
