I had a nice chat with Eric talking about remoting the P3 David G3UNA > On 15 April 2019 at 23:01 Barry Baines via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bill: > > > On Apr 15, 2019, at 12:18 AM, Bill Frantz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > No. There were the usual show special deals and the KPA1500 was emphasized. > > The whole conference, including the vendor area, was fairly low key, with > > nothing new and earth shattering. > > Out of curiosity. did Flex Radio Systems tout their new SmartSDR v3,0.19 > featuring “multiFlex” that allows two operators to share one Flex-6xxx series > transceiver (or one operator use two devices such as a laptop with SmartSDR > and a Maestro connected to the same transceiver at the same time)? Given the > focus on DX and contesting at Visalia, I’m wondering what the crowd reaction > might have been to this newly released capability? > > I suspect that while this is a technical achievement, non-contest users are > being challenged to determine how exactly multiFLEX works and what advantages > it brings to their operating experience. However, there appears to be > significant benefits to multi operator contest stations as well as single > operator two radio (SO2R) setups, reducing the number of transceivers and > associated control boxes/cabling while allowing both two operations using the > same transceiver to share the same antenna. > > I also suspect that what is driving Flex’s focus on the needs of contest > operations is that contest stations spend ‘real money’ on equipment and > software to enhance their competitive advantage. It’ll be interesting to see > whether the evolution of technology by Flex using SDR will translate to > tangible benefits for the "rest of us” as well as whether other equipment > manufacturers respond to these technical enhancements. > > 73, > Barry, WD4ASW > > > > > 73 Bill AE6JV > > > > On 4/15/19 at 9:05 PM, [email protected] (Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP) wrote: > > > >> Did Elecraft show or hint at anything interesting at the Visalia DX > >> Convention? > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Bill Frantz | I don't have high-speed | Periwinkle > > (408)356-8506 | internet. I have DSL. | 16345 Englewood Ave > > www.pwpconsult.com | | Los Gatos, CA 95032 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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