Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-10 Thread Paul Shaffer
In my case it took less than one year from purchase for the model to be discontinued. Are the accessories going to be discontinued also? Or is the power amp/ant tuner going to be available for years, but at a higher price? This all basically sucks. How is your new military version going?

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-10 Thread John Basilotto
: Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued In my case it took less than one year from purchase for the model to be discontinued. Are the accessories going to be discontinued also? Or is the power amp/ant tuner going to be available for years, but at a higher price? This all

[Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-10 Thread N9VC
Hi John, Rather then post this on the reflector and have Gerald Capodieci call me a crybaby again. I will ask you direct. I have a 1 watt version and thought seriously about getting another one. I see you stated all remaining units are sold, but you had stated earlier that they would be

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-06 Thread John
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued To John and the others at Flex-Radio: As mentioned by Ross and others do you envision a replacement for a low power version down the line? My interest in ham radio is (like others) VHF and up. This past

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-05 Thread Frank Brickle
Don -- Thanks. I have sent them a message requesting that they correct this misstatement immediately. 73 Frank AB2KT Don AE5K wrote: Philip Covington wrote: On 1/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well in fact a 1 board functional clone of the SDR-1000 1W is already

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Bill Bordy
Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued John Basilotto wrote: The 1 watt SDR-1000 is being discontinued on Feb 1, 2007. Well, Rats! I have no need for the 100W version, as my intended use is mostly as a driver for my VHF - uWave transverters. If I want to use it on HF I have several

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Duane - N9DG
Yes indeed. Those of use with transverters would love something like this. I would change the spec slightly to go from 26-32 MHz and also add some some built in UCB-like control functions as well. The overall market might not be real big but I would think that many of the transverter based VHF+

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Alfred Green
Duane - N9DG wrote: Yes indeed. Those of use with transverters would love something like this. I would change the spec slightly to go from 26-32 MHz and also add some some built in UCB-like control functions as well. The overall market might not be real big but I would think that many of the

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Philip M. Lanese
Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued Yes indeed. Those of use with transverters would love something like this. I would change the spec slightly to go from 26-32 MHz and also add some some built in UCB-like control functions as well. The overall market might not be real big but I would

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread KD5NWA
Alfred Green wrote: Something along the lines of a SoftRock would be appealing, but by the time you add a synthesised LO, transmit capabilty and UCB type control logic + PC interface, it is not a trivial project. As far as I know nothing like that currently exists, so the SDR1000-LP is

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Ross Stenberg
Cecil., this is a path that you can take in the future when Flex no longer sells the upgrade http://www.hfprojects.com/hfprojects/ 73 Ross K9COX This announcement was bound to happen due to scale of economics, the 1 watt version cost a little less to build and probably generates a lot

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread infomatix
Well in fact a 1 board functional clone of the SDR-1000 1W is already available, check out www.kd-elektronik.com/af_e/sdr_e.html. Seems to be a well-made board, and the price is right, too. Thanks to Dominik Bugmann HB9CZF for pointing this out to me. Best regards, Krister OH2MLQ KD5NWA

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Philip Covington
On 1/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well in fact a 1 board functional clone of the SDR-1000 1W is already available, check out www.kd-elektronik.com/af_e/sdr_e.html. Seems to be a well-made board, and the price is right, too. Thanks to Dominik Bugmann HB9CZF for pointing

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Mike Naruta
As Flex-Radio adjusts their marketing model, it makes HPSDR appealing for these niches. Mike - AA8K KD5NWA wrote: This announcement was bound to happen due to scale of economics, the 1 watt version cost a little less to build and probably generates a lot less profit. Given the fact

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Jerry Flanders
Hmmm - I wonder if the Power switch actually works on this one? Jerry W4UK At 02:23 PM 1/4/2007, Philip Covington wrote: On 1/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well in fact a 1 board functional clone of the SDR-1000 1W is already available, check out

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread KD5NWA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well in fact a 1 board functional clone of the SDR-1000 1W is already available, check out www.kd-elektronik.com/af_e/sdr_e.html. Seems to be a well-made board, and the price is right, too. Thanks to Dominik Bugmann HB9CZF for pointing this out to me. Best

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Sami Aintila
Heh, from the looks of it, they've cloned every (nasty) detail of the SDR-1000. Including the pretty awkward bit banging to control the retrofitted RFE board! OK, it may be fully compatible with SDR-1000, but I would feel really stupid using something like this. (Not to mention the moral and

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Bodo Scholz
Hi, if you are interested in a comparision of the cloned SDR-1000 with the original one, you may have a look here: http://www.sdr1000.de/forum/topic.php?id=110s=7443767c97ccd69c41dcb879aa07b0c8 There is a brief report in the German SDR-1000 Forum, it is in German, but the summary is in the

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-03 Thread Ross Stenberg
Will the 1 watt SDR-1000 be replaced with another QRP type model in the near future, or will the standard configuration remain as a 100 watt class radio? 73 Ross K9COX Mike, It's simply a business decision. Our cost to build the radio has increased substantially. We will continue

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-03 Thread John Basilotto
To: 'Reflector' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued Will the 1 watt SDR-1000 be replaced with another QRP type model in the near future, or will the standard configuration remain as a 100 watt class radio? 73 Ross K9COX Mike, It's simply a business

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-03 Thread Robert Broadbridge
2007 14:30 To: 'Ross Stenberg'; 'Reflector' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued We don't know at this point. Obviously market demands will influence our decision either way. John P. Basilotto W5GI Marketing and Sales 512 535-5266 -Original Message- From

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-03 Thread Jim Lux
At 10:38 AM 1/3/2007, Lyle Johnson wrote: Having done this kind of thing (assemble digital and RF modules into systems) for a living for many years, I would also encourage settling on some standardized chassis form factor, so all the modules stack nicely together. And, for gosh sakes,

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-03 Thread N9VC
Hi, Have to get my 2 cents in and also ask why the 1 watt is being discontinued? It is modular either with or without the 100 watt amp. I could see even a slightly higher price compared to the 1 watt version priced at todays price or anticipated price increase . I have no need for the 100

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-03 Thread Alfred Green
John Basilotto wrote: The 1 watt SDR-1000 is being discontinued on Feb 1, 2007. Well, Rats! I have no need for the 100W version, as my intended use is mostly as a driver for my VHF - uWave transverters. If I want to use it on HF I have several external amplifiers that will do the job.

[Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-02 Thread John Basilotto
The 1 watt SDR-1000 is being discontinued on Feb 1, 2007. The 100 watt SDR-1000 price as of Feb 1, 2007 will be $1499. This is an increase of $100. John P. Basilotto W5GI Marketing and Sales 512 535-5266 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed...

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-02 Thread John Basilotto
: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued Hi John, Will the 100 watt PA upgrade continue to be available and will its price change on 1 Feb? Mike. At 10:19 AM 3/01/2007, you wrote: The 1 watt SDR-1000 is being discontinued on Feb 1, 2007. The 100 watt SDR-1000 price as of Feb 1

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-02 Thread Mike King - KM0T
working in CW in a future PowerSDR version? 73 Mike - KM0T - Original Message - From: John Basilotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Reflector FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 5:19 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued The 1 watt SDR-1000 is being

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-02 Thread John Basilotto
] Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:41 PM To: John Basilotto; Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued Why? Is it that big a deal to build a SDR-1000 without the 100W amp, heck its built modularly anyway. Some VHFers with transverters dont want the amp, I know