Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Dave Gomberg
At 13:25 6/2/2009, Harold Rosee wrote: My question is "would you buy this radio again and is it worth all the trouble/issues that you guys seem to have?". I have only had my F3K for about a week and a half, but I would never go back. If you want 100 reasons why, call me. See sig for contac

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread w8ikn
Absolutely!! and remember that what you are seeing on the reflector is a very small percentage of all the Flex Radios out there. Art,  K8JK From: Harold Rosee To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 4:25:21 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Is it

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Mark Mumaw
The short answer is YES! 73's NU6X Mark Sedona, AZ -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Harold Rosee Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:25 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Is it wort

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread K8MLM
I sure would but it again. Flexer since 2005 Bob In a message dated 6/2/2009 4:25:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, wa5...@hotmail.com writes: This year at Dayton I was able to see the Flex radios. When I got home I signed up and have been reading the reflector emails to decide if I wa

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Charlie Morrison
worth I suppose in USA 73 de Charlie GI4FUE -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Harold Rosee Sent: 02 June 2009 21:25 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble?? This year at Dayton I

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread kr7o
If only one could run multiple 5000's on one powerhouse PC. I can't imagine all the RFI 9 computers would cause to reception. Lee A Crocker wrote: > Heck Dude > > I'd buy the radio again and 9 more just like it > > 73 W9OY > > > 73, Robert KR7O/YB2ARO, DM07ba/OI52ee (ex. N7STU) k...

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Is it worth the trouble? W... I'm still running an SDR-1000. For ME, the Flex SDR has changed my whole outlook on operating a radio -- whether it's casual contesting, casual DXing, or just tuning around the band to see what's happening, to the point where I can barely stand to operate som

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Tim Ellison
Bob, You can't count the hats and shirts as "products" -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bob McGwier Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:47 PM To: Flexradio Subject: Re: [Flexradio]

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Bob McGwier
I only have FIVE Flex products and I am going to buy that many 1500's when they come out and I am STILL going to give away my programming. ;-). Bob N4HY Lee A Crocker wrote: Heck Dude I'd buy the radio again and 9 more just like it 73 W9OY ___

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Jesse N4BFD
I've been using the sdr1000 for the last year or so, and even with having to use it with a sound card, and all the cabling and such you have to deal with,(audio in and out of the SDR to the sound card, fire wire to the computer, parallel cable to the computer, mic plugged into the sound card, PTT l

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Lee A Crocker
Heck Dude I'd buy the radio again and 9 more just like it 73 W9OY ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Al Ward
Allen, Texas -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Harold Rosee Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:47 PM To: haskell...@gmail.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble?? OK, I

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Jerry Harley
My first Flex was serial number 25, 1watt QRP, what a blast. I've seen the software change from a 1906 model T, to our current Ferrari. Sold the 1000 to buy the 5000A, been running it since they first came out, problems = ZERO. I live on the edge running SVN software new almost everyday, do

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Peter Spader
while I wrote mine. If you see a similarity it not surprising. Many of us are having the same experiernce. - Original Message - From: "Harold Rosee" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:25 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble?? This year at Dayton I was able

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Harold Rosee
: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble?? From: haskell...@gmail.com To: wa5...@hotmail.com CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Harold, I'm on my second generation Flex-Radio. Both machines (the SDR-1000 and the Flex5000A) have been of exceptional quality and the support has been not only far better

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Harold Rosee
ubject: Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble?? CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz I think he is talking about liking the flex but after subscribing to the reflector he has reservations. I myself feel the same. I was ready to buy a 1000 a couple of years back, but after reading the posts on the reflector

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Harold Rosee wrote: > It appears to me that a lot of you are having problems, both with the rigs > and the software.  It appears that the software interface to the computer is > full of bugs.  I see a lot about lockups, etc. > > I have come to the conclusion that i

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Mike Naruta
Another source of the chatter here is from guys trying out the SVN beta versions. The betas are versions as the programmers work on them. Sometimes bugs show up, but after a bug report is filed on the Flex-Radio web site, they jump on it and there is usually a fix in the next beta. I once saw

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Ed Haskell
Harold, I'm on my second generation Flex-Radio. Both machines (the SDR-1000 and the Flex5000A) have been of exceptional quality and the support has been not only far better than anything ever done in ham radio but better than one could even dream of. The software is the product of some of the best

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Neal Campbell
Hi Harold, I can understand your impression from reading the emails, especially because of the influx of new Flexers because of the 3000. Its actually that you are hearing a few of the new flexers with setting up a compatible computer setup for running PowerSDR. The major complications of these

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Steve Floyd
them to work, while the majority have 100% success?  Same situation here.    Steve --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Harold Rosee wrote: From: Harold Rosee Subject: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble?? To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 4:25 PM This year at Dayton I was able to

[Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Harold Rosee
This year at Dayton I was able to see the Flex radios. When I got home I signed up and have been reading the reflector emails to decide if I wanted to buy a Flex. It appears to me that a lot of you are having problems, both with the rigs and the software. It appears that the software inte