nt: Monday, June 04, 2012 7:52 AM
To: Jerry Coufal
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
Hi Jerry,
See notes below.
Gerald
Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR
President and CEO
FlexRadio Systems(TM)
Email: ger...@flexradio.com
Web: www.fle
ink that Flex doesn't use Google. It also may be seen to further
encourage Flex to limit the amount of info they release. .
Jim, KJ2P
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> To:
> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 11:41:48 +
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of
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> One assumes that this potential source has been exhausted?:
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> http://www.temwell.com.tw/Web%20catg%20toko%20replacement.htm
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> -Original Message-
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To: Jerry Coufal
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
See notes below.
Gerald
Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR
President and CEO
FlexRadio Systems(TM)
Email: ger...@flexradio.com
Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flex-radio.com/>
T
cate with the top guy.
>
Always glad to talk. 73, Gerald
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> Jerry
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> *From:* ger...@flex-radio.com [mailto:ger...@flex-radio.com] *On Behalf
> Of *Gerald Youngblood
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2012 6:55 PM
> *T
hese kinds of things occur it is hard to walk away without doing a
little P&M'ing.
Jerry
Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
amsctalx
Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:55:00 -0700
"Large" is relative to the number of devices in the field. It's also
dependent
on t
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Jerry Coufal 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
=
Sure. You see it in every other electronic
I guess I view the VU5k analogous to the "Spruce Goose".
>
> When these kinds of things occur it is hard to walk away without doing a
> little P&M'ing.
>
> Jerry
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> Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
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> amsctalx
> Sat, 0
without doing a
little P&M'ing.
Jerry
Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
amsctalx
Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:55:00 -0700
"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 devi
cal components .
Mike Alexander - N8MSA
amsct...@comcast.net
- Original Message -
From: "Robert Costa, KB6QXM"
To: "Jerry Coufal" , flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:18:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questio
ne 02, 2012 6:18 PM
To: Jerry Coufal; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
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.
/moderator
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From: "Jerry Coufal"
To:
Subject: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
Date: Sat, Jun 2, 2012 3:00 pm
Neal: It does matter to me. I am curious. We all know what happens to
discontinued products all too often sooner than later.
Mike: W
ch of "reference" parts.
Mike Alexander - N8MSA
amsct...@comcast.net
- Original Message -
From: "Francisco Viegener"
To: "Neal Campbell" , "Jerry Coufal"
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 4:57:59 PM
Subject: Re: [
l Campbell
Enviado el: sábado, 02 de junio de 2012 05:18 p.m.
Para: Jerry Coufal
CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Asunto: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
Does it really matter which part it is? They have bought a bunch so they can
continue to do repairs well int
-radio.biz
Asunto: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
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
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 (??
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 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
>>
--- On Sat, 6/2/12, Neal Campbell 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?
___
Fl
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
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24:32 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice
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 o
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Neal Campbell wrote:
> The term obsolete just doesn't apply here...
=
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 communication. A 25-
out
> before you will hear me out and about the low bands as I got no response to
> the key but did output some power by using tune. Only received digital
> noise, 9 bits repeated ad infinitum but will try skywire in place of dummy
> load next. hi hi.
>
> -Original
nly received digital
noise, 9 bits repeated ad infinitum but will try skywire in place of dummy
load next. hi hi.
-Original Message-
From: Burt
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 8:48 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice
When you are dealing w
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 match
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 might
ns
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice
Sorry to hear that you are discontinuing this module. I recently
upgraded my Flex 5000A with the VU5K and this announcement leaves me
wondering if future versions of PowerSDR will continue to support the
m
Sorry to hear that you are discontinuing this module. I recently
upgraded my Flex 5000A with the VU5K and this announcement leaves me
wondering if future versions of PowerSDR will continue to support the
module.
Additionally, there are a few things about the present software that are
not ful
FLEX-5000 Owners:
We regret to announce that we've had to make the difficult decision to end
production of the VU5K VHF/UHF Module for the FLEX-5000. This decision was
driven by continued component (un)availability making deliveries
unreliable. One of the component families in the module has gon
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