Bill This was the last message on the topic that I read. Kill the horse, since you hit on the MOST important of all facts which make this radio different than others, in your last paragraph. The many comments about the 'review' hit on many aspects which make it a great radio but still not unique.
The truly unique factor IS: it is the ONLY UDR, User Defined Radio. It IS the users who are 'building' this radio, and will keep it newer all the time. Newer is NOT always better, (vis a vis beta releases) but is always the key to constant evolution, TOWARDS better, which a fixed hardware system will do an order of magnitude slower than software. It IS the key, however, to making it better. You want better? Buy the next ricebox with new knobs for another 2 to 10 grand and a slight proprietary change in the control software! This version of the hardware is solid and reaching the practical limit of what this version of the hardware portion of the radio can be. Even the ECO's were initially user suggested or contributed by collective discussion or expertise from users. Hopefully Gerald is not too exhausted to be designing the next version of the hardware. After all it is contra entempreneur, and BIG Business oriented, in that the improvements are user contributed and use the SAME hardware! The SAME Radio (hardware) which keeps "getting better" is a death knell in conventional business. Just maybe there is a new Amateur paradigm at work? I hope so for Gerald's sake. I and others who bought the radio hardware early have MANY times mentioned, perhaps a revival of sorts of what Amateur Radio was meant to be, and if it is to survive MUST be! Innovation, Advancement of the state of the art of communications. In that current advancement, technology such as Internet, Teamspeak as well as HF communications actually play a synergistic role. All of these have contributed to the SDR-1000 to NOT DIE. It IS the users who are the momentum for this effort, NOT FlexRadio Systems, who just 'facillitated' our user effort to the platform we were offered. Almost EVERY new SDR-1000 owner becomes a contributor to the 'state of the art' serving as 'elmers' to the existing base as well as every new owner' THIS IS WHAT Amateur Radio was meant to be. If we are lulled to sleep by Yeasu, Icom, Kenwood with the profit, appliance motive in mind, AMATEUR radio will die. I still remember the long trip to the Lafayette Radio store RT 17, Paramas NJ. in 1964, as WN2WYK, and purchasing a NEW 7.187 crystal for my DX-60 being absolutely THRILLED by the thought of being able to work yet another fixed frequency as a novice. The SAME feeling is back when I bought the SDR-1000 and became a User Defining the Radio a UDR! Eric - AA4SW C'est La Vie Ham Radio! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Guyger Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 4:42 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Eham Review t the risk of over beating a dead horse, I've got get this off my chest. I'm sorry Chris had some issues, hopefully they will be resolved through the proper channels. It certainly looks like Gerald is trying on his end. But you know..........what amazes me about Eham Reviews, is the disparity of opinions. Take for example the GAP Titan DX antenna that I bought recently. It had any number of this is a pretty good antenna entries, and one or two this is the worst piece of @%$# I've ever seen report(s). Sometimes when things don't work the way we THINK they should we totally get out of even believing that there is something we are not seeing and write the thing off as an impossible piece of @%&#. That's the nice thing about this reflector. If we're having issues, there is going to be someone out there who has knowledge of the issue that we can turn to. I stand in awe of the expertise of some of the guys on this reflector. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Bill AD5OL >>> "Gerald Youngblood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/06/05 10:34AM >>> Hi Tim, I am afraid I must chime in on this topic because of some misperceptions that may arise from the exam review. _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
