Boring? I don't find anything boring about FlexRadio: a truly American concoction of technical brilliance and Texas braggadocio. The job of this forum is to goad them on to new heights of engineering excellence and marketing swagger : )
W2RF From: Ernest Garcia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 10:35 PM To: [email protected]; Flexedge Subject: RE: [FlexEdge] why so many for sale Is there anything else that can be discussed on this forum? BORING<<<>>> I have my on order and am very please with the all the units I own.... Let's get into another subject.... Thank you, W4EG > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:03:42 -0400 > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] why so many for sale > > We have here a grand design. A grand marketing design. > > Pardon my bluntness, but this is not news to many readers: so far the 5k has > not delivered its promised performance. It's gotten pretty good, but it is > still, for example, no QSK machine. And there are other limitations. It > turns out, rather obviously, that these limitations are primarily because > the hardware and software have hit the wall of physical law. > > Flex all along has promised that these limits were going to be overcome by > the next new version. Now we have the new solution. The limitations which > could not be overcome by the PowerSDR platform will be overcome by the next > new platform. A very expensive platform. And will these limitations be > overcome? Will new horizon overcome the laws of physics? > > I eagerly hope so. > > W2RF > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter G. Viscarola > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 12:23 PM > To: 'Rick McClelland, AA5S'; Flex Edge Reflector > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] why so many for sale > > > > >I'm curious as to why you say > > especially the 6700R, isn't the receiver in the 6700R going to be > >identical to the receiver in the 6700? I think I may be missing your > point here. > > > > Thanks for asking. > > I have great respect for whoever thought of creating a receiver version of > the 6700... it's not an obvious play, but it's a really great one. > > I said the 6700R is a *especially* excellent example of a "price premium, > non-holds-barred, product" -- Think of the 6700R from the standpoint of > "high quality HF receivers" *not* from the standpoint of "amateur radio." > > The 6700R establishes a new high price, highly differentiated, > cost-is-no-object category of "HF receivers." While this market is > limited, there ARE those folks in the market -- either serious hobbyists or > government agencies -- who want to have and can afford "the best." While > there's likely to be some overlap, MANY of the folks who would buy a $6K > receiver are NOT likely to be the same folks who would buy a $7K amateur > radio and use it for receive only. > > The folks who would buy the 6700R also aren't the same folks who'd spring > for a CDRX-3200 (or an additional CDRX-3200). That's a whole different > space. > > So why not establish a "new high end" for HF receivers by introducing the > 6700R? Like you said, Rick... It's the same device as the 6700. You've > done the engineering for the transceiver anyways, so you might as well > introduce a First Wave (high price, highly differentiated, > cost-is-no-object) HF receiver. The added cost to do this is minimal (not > zero, but pretty low), and any profits you get are basically "found money." > > What's really cool is that at $7K, the 6700R is about HALF the (street) > price of an IC-R9500 -- Of course the IC-R9500 receives from 5KHz up to over > 3GHz. But if you need an HF receiver, the 6700R is likely to give the Icom > a run for its money. > > Oh, yes... very clever indeed. Whoever had the idea of introducing the > 6700R should get a bonus. > > Peter > OSR > > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. > > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
