Re: [Flexradio] No 1 watt units
Dave Ackrill wrote: >So, what happened to the idea that you wouldn't need to keep changing >the hardware? I know that the 1W version will work with the new >software, but presumambly not as well as the new hardware and, if the >even newer hardware is not so much better than the old, why are they >necessary? > > > As far as I'm concerned, it's alive and well. Since I operate extensively, I have so far elected against sending the radio in for every mod. I am several ECOs behind now. Probably about a year's worth. Someday I may rectify this, but it is most certainly not because the PowerSDR software is giving me any trouble. Not to date, at any rate. If anything, as time goes on, the software has been more stable, especially as I've been sticking to the official versions of late (but even when I was taking most of the betas, I had no particular trouble compared to anyone else). This more of a "where did you come in" discussion than a "I must feverishly upgrade" one. Truth is, most products have a lot of quiet ECOs over the course of their lives (even just in terms of what rolls off the manufacturing line). This product, with it being so open in all respects, merely makes this kind of thing a lot more obvious than a more closed product. That's the only real difference. And, new products, when they arrive, are just that. New. Larry WO0Z ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] No 1 watt units
Willi Reppel wrote: > Maarten, > > I do not understand Flex-Radio´s move either. There is a large potential for > selling a receiver-only version without 1 W or 100 W PA to radiotic > individuals like VLF, LF, MW, short-wave listeners and beacon hun-ters > which are excluded as possible buyers because they are not licensed hams. I have two SD1000s, one the low power type and the other with the 100W PA. Like Maarten, I intend to use the lower power unit to drive transverters for 70cm and up. However, Flex-Radio isn't the only SDR maker in the market, and there are other non transmitting units out there which are already available to people interested in a receiver only system. The prices for which are coming down. I suspect that the business case for Flex-Radio producing the low/no power transmit model doesn't look very attractive to them and they have decided that their best option is to rationalise their product range and do what they have done, which is to phase out the older design and concentrate on the newer ones. People wanting an RX only unit, which includes me, will probably opt for one of the other units, like the SDR-IQ which is due out shortly, if they want to listen for bats, whistlers, Lowfer beacons and other assorted signals between DC and 30MHz. What we haven't discussed is the idea, put out in the original articles and talks, about not having to update the hardware anymore when you swap to SDR hardware. From what I can see, even ignoring all the 'engineering' mods that came out for the original hardware, we are now seeing a lot of hardware changes. From the 1W to the 100W there appeared to be major changes and now there's talk of a completely new set of hardware and the 1W version is obsolete and to be discontinued. So, what happened to the idea that you wouldn't need to keep changing the hardware? I know that the 1W version will work with the new software, but presumambly not as well as the new hardware and, if the even newer hardware is not so much better than the old, why are they necessary? ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] No 1 watt units
Maarten, I do not understand Flex-Radio´s move either. There is a large potential for selling a receiver-only version without 1 W or 100 W PA to radiotic individuals like VLF, LF, MW, short-wave listeners and beacon hun-ters which are excluded as possible buyers because they are not licensed hams. To this group of non-radiant radio enthusiasts the SDR1k is barely known and they are barred out already before the goods news of its existence reaches them. Hope that so many replies to this topic lets Flex-Radio reconsider its move. vy 73 es gl SM6OMH Willi - Original Message - From: "Maarten N1DZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philip Theis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 6:48 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] No 1 watt units >I initally bought the 1 watt version for my 6m and up transverters. I did > not buy the 100 watt version as I saw the SDR1000 as an experimental > radio. I was not sure if the SDR 1000 would be any useful for me. After > less than 3 weeks I added the 100 watt PA as I really enjoyed the low band > HF receive capabilities too. Soon I modified the SDR 1000 with I relais > prior to the PA that redirects the 1 Watt signal to the transverter port. > This Relais is activated via a homebrew poor mans UCB interface. I > upgraded my stations to Electaft transverters that are switched via the > poor mans UCB interface. > This gives me 160-70cm with 100 watts on HF. The transverter port also > makes a very good 2nd RX for my 80 & 160m beverages. > BTW these are very easy modifications. > On this moment the SDR 1000 is my exclusive 160-70cm radio. > > With the SDR1000 hardware design it is unfortunate that the relais for the > DEM transverter is placed prior to the PA and the preamp. If this relais > was placed in front of the HF preamp and behind the low power PA it would > have made transverter interfacing easier. (More Flexible) > I feel Flexradio makes a mistake by discontinuing the 1 watt version. > Isn't it called a FLEXradio because of the flexibility in hardware and > software? > > 73 Maarten > > On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:30:30 -0500, Philip Theis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Regarding the future absence of the 1 watt unit, will there be a QRP >> port? >> That is absolutely necessary for transverter work. Perhaps the new unit >> will have better transverter capabilities. >> I would think that as many as I encounter doing VHF/UHF work with the >> SDR, >> that the qrp unit would be more popular, I know it's the only SDR I own. >> Perhaps many qrp users also work low bands, hence acquire the 100 watt >> unit. >> My plan had been to get one with the high power option in the future. >> Phil K3TUF >> >> >> ___ >> FlexRadio mailing list >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ >> >> FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ >> >> --- >> Text inserted by Platinum 2007: >> >> This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail >> (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: >> http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_3037&SPAM=true >> --- >> > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > > ___ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] No 1 watt units
I initally bought the 1 watt version for my 6m and up transverters. I did not buy the 100 watt version as I saw the SDR1000 as an experimental radio. I was not sure if the SDR 1000 would be any useful for me. After less than 3 weeks I added the 100 watt PA as I really enjoyed the low band HF receive capabilities too. Soon I modified the SDR 1000 with I relais prior to the PA that redirects the 1 Watt signal to the transverter port. This Relais is activated via a homebrew poor mans UCB interface. I upgraded my stations to Electaft transverters that are switched via the poor mans UCB interface. This gives me 160-70cm with 100 watts on HF. The transverter port also makes a very good 2nd RX for my 80 & 160m beverages. BTW these are very easy modifications. On this moment the SDR 1000 is my exclusive 160-70cm radio. With the SDR1000 hardware design it is unfortunate that the relais for the DEM transverter is placed prior to the PA and the preamp. If this relais was placed in front of the HF preamp and behind the low power PA it would have made transverter interfacing easier. (More Flexible) I feel Flexradio makes a mistake by discontinuing the 1 watt version. Isn't it called a FLEXradio because of the flexibility in hardware and software? 73 Maarten On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:30:30 -0500, Philip Theis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding the future absence of the 1 watt unit, will there be a QRP > port? > That is absolutely necessary for transverter work. Perhaps the new unit > will have better transverter capabilities. > I would think that as many as I encounter doing VHF/UHF work with the > SDR, > that the qrp unit would be more popular, I know it's the only SDR I own. > Perhaps many qrp users also work low bands, hence acquire the 100 watt > unit. > My plan had been to get one with the high power option in the future. > Phil K3TUF > > > ___ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > > --- > Text inserted by Platinum 2007: > > This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail > (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: > http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_3037&SPAM=true > --- > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] No 1 watt units
Regarding the future absence of the 1 watt unit, will there be a QRP port? That is absolutely necessary for transverter work. Perhaps the new unit will have better transverter capabilities. I would think that as many as I encounter doing VHF/UHF work with the SDR, that the qrp unit would be more popular, I know it's the only SDR I own. Perhaps many qrp users also work low bands, hence acquire the 100 watt unit. My plan had been to get one with the high power option in the future. Phil K3TUF ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
