My personal opinion is Flex is too much computer. I hate computers. My operating time has done n nothing but decrease since I bought a computer. This is ham RADIO, not ham computer.
And while I'm at it, You kids get off my lawn!! 73, Dave, K4TO On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 11:37 AM Joseph Trombino, Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy Gang. > > I’ve built and owned Elecraft gear since 1999. > > Still have my KX3 and KX2. > > I bought a Flex 6600M rig and it was the best radio I’ve owned in years. > > But Flex messed with the firmware to where if you were in full QSK mode > and used the internal ATU a loud relay would start clicking when sending CW > characters, messing with the normally quiet QSK changeover from RX to TX. > > The reason given for this firmware change was that when the ATU was > engaged in full QSK mode the receive signals would be 10db down as opposed > to zero db loss without the tuner in line. > > To be honest I never noticed this problem but Flex, in all of their > wisdom, made the disruptive change. > > IMHO this firmware change completely ruined a very FB CW rig. > > Perhaps the folks at Flex are not as CW-centric as the Elecraft folks. > > In terms of a K4 I would certainly love to see a beautiful 8” or large > front panel display. > > This is the direction all modern radios are going….just look at the > YaeCommWood offerings plus the Sun MB1 rig. > > While the P3 and PX3 displays are OK, a full 8” or larger hi-res display > is breathtaking and extremely useful. > > So, why not a K4 with a big hi-res screen? > > I’m ready for it…make it happen!! > > 73, Joe W2KJ > I QRP, therefore I aim > > > > > On May 5, 2019, at 11:16 AM, Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Bert, > > > > Then why not just purchase the Flex? > > > > 73 ! > > > > K0PP > > > > On Sun, May 5, 2019, 09:11 Bert Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I'm in the comparison stage of planning my next, and likely final, HF > rig > >> purchase. While researching my options, I came across this comment on > the > >> Flex reflector. (See link below.) It occurs to me that the next logical > >> progression from the K3S might likely be something along the lines of a > >> FlexRadio 6600M, but optimized for the discerning CW enthusiast. I'd > >> personally love to see a K4 along those lines. Any thoughts or opinions? > >> > >> https://community.flexradio.com/flexradio/topics/flexradios-cw-failings > >> > >> Vy 73 de Bert > >> WA2SI > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> 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] > > 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
