OK ... but here is a copy of a post I made to the VHF reflector on the weekend in response to noise about some Icom 9100 ... I truly believe that there is more of a market than one might think.
IMHO ... another case of 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bag from a VHF perspective ... I don't believe there is currently anything high performance for us VHF'ers. Just too much stuff crammed in to be good at everything and be intuitive and easy to use ... always a compromise when combining so much. I really like my Flex 5000 and I will be at the top of the list for adding V/U upgrade to it later this fall. Personally I could do without with U part as well ... if a VHF rig doesn't have 222 then why bother stretching performance up to 432 ... just easier to run all outboard after 2m. On my wish list is simply a high performance rig for 6 and 2 with easy TVTR interface ... if you really have add more then I guess 28 MHz would be handy ... been waiting forever so I doubt it is going to happen anytime soon. They can get rid of built in antenna tuners too ... never could understand forcing something to do what it doesn't want to do rather just using the right thing. I guess the FT-736R came closest, but it really needed one more slot so you could 6,2,222,432,1296 all in one box ... something like that now with 100W per band and panadapter capabilities like the Flex would be great. -----Original Message----- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:telli...@itsco.com] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 8:23 PM To: Kevin Hobbs; 'Ray J'; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] V/U Upgrade Now, now. Let's not do anything to cause unwarranted expectations that there is a new V/U SDR in the works :-) -Tim -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Hobbs [mailto:ve...@cogeco.ca] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 7:35 PM To: Tim Ellison; 'Ray J'; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] V/U Upgrade Good ... so now we are taking pre-orders! -----Original Message----- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:telli...@itsco.com] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 7:25 PM To: Kevin Hobbs; 'Ray J'; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] V/U Upgrade Only 998 to go :-) -Tim -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Hobbs [mailto:ve...@cogeco.ca] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 7:12 PM To: Tim Ellison; 'Ray J'; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] V/U Upgrade I'll buy 2 to get you started! -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 6:54 PM To: Ray J; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] V/U Upgrade No. It has to use the Firewire/ADC/DAC/TCXO interface on the FLEX-5000 TRX board to operate. Market research shows that V/U only, all mode radios are just too small of a market share to justify the development expense. -Tim -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ray J Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 6:03 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: V/U Upgrade So are there any future plans to make the V/U Upgrade "module" into stand alone device then ?? w9Ray Tim Ellison wrote: > Ray, > > You are 100% correct. The upgrade that was initially slated as a transverter was changed based on user input to a high power unit and is no longer a transverter upgrade, but as you correctly stated, a VHF/UHF expansion module. > > > -Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Andrews, K9DUR [mailto:k9...@rnacs.com] > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 2:11 PM > To: Tim Ellison; 'Ray'; kb...@starband.net; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: RE: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: V/U Upgrade > > And, while we are on the topic, people have been referring it as a > transverter. I believe I am correct in stating that it is not a > transverter, per se, but actually an expansion module to extend the > hardware to 144 MHz & 432 MHz. The difference being that a > transverter simply heterodynes (translates) the signals down to an RF > IF frequency, typically > 28 MHz, where the normal radio hardware/software takes over. 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