Ah, excellent point. I suppose the PC and Radio will really need to be in different cases and with separate power supplies to work properly. I'd like to see pictures of the inside of the 5000C.
-------------------------------- On Dec 19, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: > The engineering challenge is that you have two RF emitters in very close > proximity inside the same faraday cage. The PC can affect the RX and the > radio's transmitter can hose up the PC. > > > -Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz > [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Justin M. Mayrand > Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 4:57 PM > Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex+PC all in one > > Yeah, the rack-mount case is expensive, but I'll bet there is a case out > there just waiting. I had one a couple years ago with a 5" LCD touch panel on > the front in a desktop config, very handy, and would make a neat spot to put > some controls as a second display. Hmmm.. Maybe I'll roll my own.... > > > -------------------------------- > > On Dec 19, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Jack Haverty wrote: > >> Perhaps a Flex-1500 could fit *inside* some standard tower or desktop >> PC box, maybe with a small card with connectors to bring the antenna, >> key, etc. out the back panel. >> >> 73, /Jack de K3FIV >> >> On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 13:25 -0800, Brian Lloyd wrote: >>> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Justin M. Mayrand >>> <jmayr...@metrocast.net>wrote: >>> >>>> Well, I'll be danged. >>>> >>>> That may have even been the one I saw. Why have they not moved it to >>>> the mainstream? I can see a version of this competing for shelf >>>> space with Yaesu, Icom, etc... Make it with a locked OS/hidden OS so >>>> it can be sold "off the shelf". >>>> >>> >>> I was talking with Greg Jurrens about this and he said it requires a >>> very expensive chassis and that demand has been so low as to make it >>> unreasonable to keep them in stock. >>> >>> But if you want and all-in-one Flex 5000 this is the way to go. >>> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
