weenie.
73 Patrick AF5CK
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From: George Works wor...@hughes.net
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:28 AM
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Lots of lightly used Flex Radios for sale.
Patrick, you are no doubt right on all points
Won't the RohS solder fail in Flex before 50 years?
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On Aug 22, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Mickey Baker fishflor...@gmail.com wrote:
The Flex 5000 will likely work 50 years from now, but who will have a
had told me in 1954
that this was going to happen I might have been excited!
73
Lee K9WRU
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From: Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com
To: FlexRadio List flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Lots of lightly used Flex
Mickey Baker wrote:
The Flex 5000 will likely work 50 years from now, but who will have a
machine with FireWire? That's going to be difficult in 5 years, much less
50!
Not difficult, just an add on board or Firewire to Ethernet adapter
which is available now and I'm sure will be available
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Won't the RohS solder fail in Flex before 50 years?
Availability of Win7... Firewire... etc. Obsolescence, scarcity, worry worry
etc.
I bought a Samsung clone of a PC XT with switchable clock speeds of 4 and 8
MHz with an 80386 CPU
Patrick, you are no doubt right on all points. There are still 50
year-old computers, like the IBM 1620, around in museums and I suppose
they still work. The real issue is, will the early adopters who bought
the Flex 6000 series still be happy with 50 year old technology, or will
they have
Here's a question that I haven't seen come up in this thread that I
think is more important whether we can use a particular rig or not in
50 years. Will amateur radio still be around in 50 years? The average
age of hams is going up each year and it seems more and more difficult
to get young people
I guess as with all advancements in technology only time and the
market will tell. I guess it is a good sign that we are all not still
using FT-101Es or TS-530s. Some folks are and I would be they won't
be interested an new rigs.
73
Greg
On 8/23/12, George Works wor...@hughes.net wrote:
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Lee Herbst lcher...@gmail.com wrote:
..Will amateur radio still be around in 50 years?...
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Good question, Lee. A recent QST editorial mentioned that ham club
participation is decreasing because members can no longer see well enough
to drive at night.
This is not a criticism of the current line of thought being expressed
but is the F5k really 'old-tech'? It made its debut in 2007 and although
the architecture of the latest wave of SDR's to come out is moderately
different, the bulk of the processing is in software. I agree that PC's
will
I have taken up pool because of Prince Harry.
Some of us will be able to operate our Flex 5000 (and other models)
long after the naysayers are pushing up daisys. Old tech isn't bad
tech if it meets the requirements. I didn't give up swimming because
I'm not up there with the most recent
of lightly used Flex Radios for sale.
Here's a question that I haven't seen come up in this thread that I
think is more important whether we can use a particular rig or not in
50 years. Will amateur radio still be around in 50 years? The average
age of hams is going up each year and it seems more and more
Lots of things going on to attract younger people to the Hobby:
http://www.arrl.org/youth
The total number of station licenses has slowly increased over the last
several years. In June 2007, the number was 655K. In June 2012, the
number was 706K.
Pete, wa2cwa
www.manualman.com
On Thu, 23 Aug
of lightly used Flex Radios for sale.
I have taken up pool because of Prince Harry.
Some of us will be able to operate our Flex 5000 (and other models) long
after the naysayers are pushing up daisys. Old tech isn't bad tech if it
meets the requirements. I didn't give up swimming because I'm not up
This has been explained but may bear repeating/amplification.
Flex customer demographics include a high percentage of tech weenies and a
fair number of whatever is the latest greatest new shiny ball folks. Some
folks have to have the latest tech gadgets whether or not they understand
the
The Collins line works sixty years later, what about the Flex 5000?
Technology has it plusses and minuses
--- On Wed, 8/22/12, Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.net wrote:
From. Collins S-Line gear still works well and
does what it always did. The 5000 may turn out to be the SDR
The Flex 5000 will likely work 50 years from now, but who will have a
machine with FireWire? That's going to be difficult in 5 years, much less
50!
You can't get a notebook computer today (other than the MacBook Pro) that
has it!
...not to mention that Windows 7 machines will be hard to come by
well, my 30+ yr old Osborne I was still working when i tossed
itfinally...73, w5xz, dan
cp/m, man that was 'fun'...
--- On Wed, 8/22/12, Mickey Baker fishflor...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Mickey Baker fishflor...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Lots of lightly used Flex Radios for sale
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Mickey Baker fishflor...@gmail.com wrote:
The Flex 5000 will likely work 50 years from now, but who will have a
machine with FireWire? That's going to be difficult in 5 years, much less
50!
You can't get a notebook computer today (other than the MacBook Pro)
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Mickey Baker fishflor...@gmail.comwrote:
The Flex 5000 will likely work 50 years from now, but who will have a
machine with FireWire? That's going to be difficult in 5 years, much less
Gee our old LaSalle ran great! Those were the days... Archie and Edith
Bunker, circa 1970
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:19:37 -0700
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To: k1...@yahoo.com; fishflor...@gmail.com
CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
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