>> a new version of the 3000 that would allow me to dial around like SO2V
That's a likelyhood, I'd say. You can bet that two code development paths are taking up lots of time and $$$ FRS at. I speculate that you'll see product consolidation that will drive SmartSDR as a platform going forward for a "thin pipe" sdr architecture for all FRS products. It is clear that FireWire is long-in-tooth and is being abandoned by hardware manufacturers. PowerSDR is a mature product and does great things on the Windows side, but I can imagine that a lot of support and software development is required to keep everything stable in a constantly changing Windows environment. PowerSDR development can't go on forever - but I'd like to see an organized demise with the code released so that the people who want to use it on future platforms with a firewire hack The promise at product announcement at Dayton 2012 was multi-platform support - Mac's and tablets. The client support methodology is likely getting baked in with standards that will port to other radios as well. It is the nature of processors to get faster and cheaper - as FPUs go in that direction and the demand for the lower end products decay, expect more SoftSDR based products... with a license fee that supports the newer products and provides updates that will extend the life of the F6K products until no one is using Brand I or Y... and FRS gets a Benjamin Franklin from each active customer ev. I'm surprised that FRS made an announcement so far in advance as Dayton last year. Best laid plans... but it has to have hurt sales of the current products as people wait for the new stuff before buying. I'm happy that FRS seems well capitalized and I'm sure that I'll enjoy my new Flex 6500 one day in the fairly near future, and that future Flex 4500 products are in the lab. 73, Mickey N4MB On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Michael Walker <va...@portcredit.net>wrote: > Has anyone heard of a subset of the 6000 in the future? > > I would likely never use any of the slices, and would be happy with a new > version of the 3000 that would allow me to dial around like SO2V on the > same band. > > It would be great to see something like that in the future. > > Mike va3mw > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- Mickey Baker, N4MB Fort Lauderdale, FL *“Tell me, and I will listen. Show me, and I will understand. Involve me, and I will learn.” *Teton Lakota, American Indian Saying. _______________________________________________ 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/
