Terry,
We regret that we had to discontinue it as well. Here are answers to your
questions.
We will continue to support the VU5K in future releases of PowerSDR.
External relay switching would be required for use of a preamplifier. Note
that the VU5K has a very low noise figure so you
When you are dealing with today's state of the art technology this should be of
no surprise. When I bought my Flex 5000 I expect no more than 10 years service.
Flex is not your fathers or grandfathers's Hallicrafters, Hallicrafters etc
last but on the other hand Hallicrafters radios cannot
Burt, et al, Flex 5000 can be used forever pending radical changes in
operating modes (Say for instance spread spectrum via super wide band FM or
frequency hopping or as yet unimagined modes.) The computer side of the
radio may become obsolete compared to the then state of the practice. USB,
Is it possible to use one or two transverters with the FLEX-3000? The XVTR
menu seems disabled due to no UHF/VHF module. I've searched the wiki and KC
but nothing found.
Ron W5RKN
-Original Message-
From: Bill Bordy, NJ1H
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:02 PM
To:
Hello,
this morning i could make 2 PSK31 QSO's. 1 hour later i could hear
nothing anymore. All bands looked like dead.
Checking the antenna, SWR and output power showed that everything is ok.
Tried to reset the DB, no effect.
Now in between there is also no more outputpower.
PowerSDSR shows
Transmitting is working ... Only receiving not.
BR
Mathias
2012/6/2 Mathias Krüger mathias.krue...@sunrise.ch:
Hello,
this morning i could make 2 PSK31 QSO's. 1 hour later i could hear
nothing anymore. All bands looked like dead.
Checking the antenna, SWR and output power showed that
The term obsolete just doesn't apply here as it means no longer suitable or
sustainable for the purpose at hand.
If you were top of your class when in school and a new, smarter, student came
in, were you suddenly obsolete or merely not the smartest in the class?
Being completely susceptible to
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Neal Campbell nealk...@me.com wrote:
The term obsolete just doesn't apply here...
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Yeah, ultimately this becomes a semantic argument about the meaning of
obsolete. After all, lot of old equipment is totally serviceable for the
purpose of ham
I will definitely be using mine regularly and while it will become my second
rig, it won't stay cold, dark, and lonely!
Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid
-Original message-
From: Neal Campbell nealk...@me.com
To: Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.net
Cc:
Check ur virtual cables!In your audio setupRonk3vig
If Americans ever allow banks to control the issue of their currency,
first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks will deprive the people of
all property
until their children wake up homeless.
-Thomas Jefferson
Date: Sat, 2
Can FlexRadio tell us what component(s) is / are obsolete without viable
replacement(s)?
Hopefully this will not happen to the Deep Impact 6700 radios after 15
months of production.
I'm a gambler and I don't like to lose, but sometimes I do.
Thanks
Jerry
VAC settings are ok. I can receive 1 or 2 of strongest signals per band. The
problem is valid for all modes, CW, SSB, PSK... Reboot of PC and FLEX-1500 is
not helping...
Regards
Mathias
HB9DOU
Am 02.06.2012 um 19:47 schrieb Ron Feltman rea...@hotmail.com:
Check ur virtual cables!
In
Yes another TRX works fine. Also transmitting is ok. SWR ok...
73
HB9DOU
Mathias
Am 02.06.2012 um 20:35 schrieb kc9...@aol.com:
Does another radio work OK with the antenna/feedline??
73,
Lee
-Original Message-
From: Mathias Krueger mathias.krue...@sunrise.ch
To: Ron Feltman
--- On Sat, 6/2/12, Neal Campbell nealk...@me.com wrote:
Why are we so paranoid that one day the 5000 will become a
boat anchor (but we definitely need a new term for this
kind of radio!)?
Why did we call them boat anchors when they drifted so well?
Mathias,
What antenna do you have selected for RX:? The normal setting is
RX:PA. Your antenna should normally be connected to the Antenna jack on
the rear of the 1500.
If you have RX: Set to XTVX/COM or XVRX then your receiver may
appear dead or insensitive if you do not have an
Thats hilarious, honestly never heard that one before! Good one Burt!
73
Neal
On Jun 2, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Burt wrote:
--- On Sat, 6/2/12, Neal Campbell nealk...@me.com wrote:
Why are we so paranoid that one day the 5000 will become a
boat anchor (but we definitely need a new term for
Does it really matter which part it is? They have bought a bunch so they can
continue to do repairs well into the future as well as sell one last batch.
They have announced they are discontinuing the product so a detailed list
really doesn't accomplish much. As my wife says, it is what it is
In my opinion, Flex need to assure to his customers a long time life of all
o his product because it is part of his marketing strategy selling SDR
products.
A Part that cannot be available must be replaced by another, better that the
new one, this is always possible, maybe it cost some money but
Flex stated that they are not going to make new VU5K assemblies past a final
build, but they will keep a large number of spares available. So you already
have the assurance that you are asking for.
And I would also like to point out that the worlds of electronics manufacturing
and machine
Neal: It does matter to me. I am curious. We all know what happens to
discontinued products all too often sooner than later.
Mike: What do you think the quantity of a large number of spares would
be?
Thanks
Jerry
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Flex stated that they are not going to make new VU5K
A large number of spares depends on how many units have been sold and the MTBF
of the identified spare parts, especially the critical parts that have been
discontinued.
Not a simple remove and replace, the future of the VU5k will take someone to
troubleshoot the problems down to the component
I am pretty sure that all of Flex'es repairs are at the component level, there
are so few boards in each radio that it would be quite expensive to do it by
tossing defective cards away!
73
-Original Message-
From: Robert Costa, KB6QXM [mailto:kb6...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 02,
Hello Jim,
thanks for the hint, but the SQL slider has no effect when i move to
right or left.
Regards
Mathias
HB9DOU
2012/6/2 James McLester w4yxu@gmail.com:
I had a similar problem when I accidentally moved the squelch slider
to the right ! :(
Jim
W4YXU
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at
Large is relative to the number of devices in the field. It's also dependent
on the individual parts. It's rare for small-signal devices to fail;
high-current devices will fail more often due to junction erosion, insulation
failure, etc.
And I can't stress enough that it's virtually
Hello Bill,
the antenna settings are set to PA for both, RX and TX...
73
HB9DOU
Mathias
2012/6/2 Bill Diaz william.d...@comcast.net:
Mathias,
What antenna do you have selected for RX:? The normal setting is RX:PA.
Your antenna should normally be connected to the Antenna jack on the rear
Mike: Good explanation - Thank you
I agree with you, intuitively this makes sense.
The VU5K is now history. A sunk cost for the current owners. I suspect it
won't be cost effective to repair if it did fail. It was a gamble that
didn't pay out, but it's not the end of the world at $1.2k.
You
Jerry,
We will continue to support and repair the VU5K along with all our products
so long as it is practical to do so. How long is that? I simply can't
predict. We are still repairing the SDR-1000 that started production in
2003 and ended production in 2007. There are some parts in that
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Jerry Coufal jerr...@comcast.net wrote:
...an inherent risk, short supply life of components, for newer
faster moving technologies. This kind of problem could occur with many
products including the follow on series 6000
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Sure. You see it in every
Gerald - Thanks for the response.
I fully understand at some point all products, ham radio or otherwise will
cease to be made. My disappointment is the VU5K is on the short end of the
cycle which I believe will impact the incentive, and rightfully so, of
Flexradio to work out all of the issues
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