On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM, Burt <[email protected]> wrote: > Read QST, it is in the radio > > Brevity is the soul of wit-Shakespeare > > If you are too big for a small job, you are too small for a big job. >
I must admit to also having a fair bit of disappointment with the 1500. I picked mine up at the factory in August of 2010 and, frankly, I cannot remember any time within the last year where the 1500 has worked 100% properly. No sooner does Flex solve one problem but another takes its place. I can usually work around whatever deficiency crops up but right now my 1500 is sidelined completely. After I transmit a couple of times the RX image rejection goes to almost zero, i.e. only about 6dB of image rejection, making the 1500 little better than a single-channel direct-conversion receiver. But I have no plans to get rid of it because I have no idea what I would replace it with. I do digital modes almost exclusively. I know of no other company besides FRS that provides a 100% digital path from the receiver to the modem/CODEC and from the modem/CODEC through to the final mixer in the TX. So I am hanging in with my 1500 hoping that Flex solves the image rejection problem. If they do (and they don't introduce any new problems) the 1500 will be a super little radio. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 [email protected] +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) _______________________________________________ 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://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
