Hey Charlie, If you don’t mind I’ll share my thoughts coming from a Flex 6400 owner(I do own a KX2 and KX3 too). Last year I moved to the Flex because at that time it appeared to be the best option in the SDR world. I’ve always loved Elecraft but the K3S and P3 were a bit out of my price range at the time and didn’t have some of the features I was looking for since I was looking more to SDR type products.
Fast forward to today with the K4 I am super impressed and it’s features out way those of the Flex. That’s my opinion. One in particular, which Wayne stated in this tread is the K4’s modularity. This is one thing that has been in the back of my mind ever since owning the Flex. As far a I can tell Flex (along with Icom, Yeasu, Kenwood) doesn’t have the ability built into the hardware. At least they haven’t said and I’m sure they would have if they did. This is a concern. Not only do Flex owners have to pay for software updates, at what point will they have to upgrade the hardware to take advantage of new features in software that can only be used with newer hardware such as ADC? That’s huge in my mind and with Elecraft track record with older models still being sold is a big advantage. The 7610 and radios like Flex are wonderful radios, don’t get me wrong, but I feel Elecraft is on the right and better track when it comes to listening to their customers and producing a radio that works and works well for all types of ham operator. Hopefully I’ll be a K4 owner one day so I can have that piece of mind that it will serve well for years to come. Scott N1SER -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
