That's right, ANYONE can start an SDR group on yahoo! If you want official information you have the "choice" to go to the "Official" SDR website. OR you can go to yahoo and post a message and you might get an answer.
Sure, you may want the info provided by the manufacturer, not too many are as accessible as the Flex team. But if some one wants a yahoo group why bother to stop them? We should be encouraging these people to do these things. this is how you get your ideas/products out to the mainstream by providing more outlets for the users and those who are interested. Not everyone goes to the manufacturers website for info. You know what customer service is like at most places these days. Flex may be an exception but how many people actually know this? Then again from a yahoo group you might find more people being directed to the Flex site than otherwise would happen. You "amateur radio hobbyists" who said "NO" need to rethink what your reasoning is for the negative response to a yahoo site. With that archaic kind of thinking its a wonder we still have a hobby. It is a hobby isnt it? Stan AH6JR On Sunday 12 March 2006 07:22 pm, you wrote: > You are right, Stan, anyone can start a group on Yahoo concerning the > SDR and FlexRadio. However, when I want official information concerning > the SDR I would much prefer to obtain it from a site or reflector owned > and maintained by FlexRadio. The original forum at the flex website was > great because all of the information was located in one place. Now we > have a reflector that accomplishes much. The forum can be expanded if > need be. The bug documenter and feature request site is good but is > another place to have to go check. > 73, > Dale AA5XE > > Stan wrote: > >I had no idea we lived in a closed communist society where we have one > > group (the elite) dictating to the others (the surfs) what someone can > > and cannot do. I am sure the owner of the yahoo group paid for his radio > > just like everyone else and I would think it entitles him to have some > > choices (if this is still America). If his choice is to start a yahoo > > group so be it! Why is there always a group that wants things their way? > > Someone else has an idea, so he goes for it, if he fails - HE FAILS! - if > > he succeeds? GREAT! For those of you who dont want a yahoo group, get out > > of the way and let the man try his idea! > > > >AH6JR > >Stan > > > >On Sunday 12 March 2006 12:52 pm, John Basilotto wrote: > >>Gentleman, > >>Something to think about.... > >> > >>There has been less than 10 "NO" posts in the last 48 hours. I've had > >> over 30 conversations over the last few months with people who don't use > >> the reflector because they are intimidated by the highly technical > >> content of the posts on our reflector. A synthesis of their comments is > >> "...[they are] simply operators and not really interested in writing or > >> even knowing about software." > >> > >>Despite numerous posts by others that they are welcome here, has not > >>changed their mind. > >>It's possible to have Yahoo posts vectored here but some think that doing > >>so would open the Spam floodgate. I belong to three Yahoo discussion > >>groups; I get virtually no Spam because I use a Spam blocker. > >> > >>The below post is what served as the catalyst in starting a Yahoo users > >>groups. Yahoo may not be the answer, but one thing is certain, the > >> current Reflect does not appear to meet the needs of the typical ham-a > >> person who just likes to get on his radio and talk to others. These > >> folks may very well be the dominant group of SDR1000 user in the future. > >> > >>Original post. > >>Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:42 PM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: [Flexradio] Excuse my ignorance but... > >> > >>I've been reading the mail here for a while before deciding to buy the > >>SDR1K, and one thing puzzles me. > >>There is virtually no discussion on actual use of the radio, by that I > >>mean do any of you operate on air ? > >>All discussion is software related, which is after all what defines the > >>radio, but as someone who is a radio operator first, and antenna > >>experimenter second and computer literate about 15th on the list, there > >>is little to help someone like myself understand the operation of the > >>radio. > >>This isn't a negative comment as I'm sure this list is probably one at > >>the cutting edge of ham radio technology, but rather a request for > >>someone to post about actual use once in a while then I might understand > >>more than the 5% I do at present !! > >>Or is there another list that covers my queries ? > >>I suppose if I bought the SDR1K then I would learn as I went along, I'm > >>just concerned there may be too much to learn to actually use the radio > >>. > >>Keep up the good work, but remember not every Ham is a computer genius. > >>Some of us just like to operate the radio !! > >>73 de Keith VK6XH > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>John P. Basilotto > >>W5GI > >>Marketing and Product Manager > >>FlexRadio Systems > >>Office 512-250-8595 > >>Mobile 512-663-6727 > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Rennick > >>Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 4:11 PM > >>To: richard allen > >>Cc: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Announcing the new SDR1K Operating > >>andUseDiscussionGroup on Yahoo > >> > >>I also vote no. > >>Still trying to figure out how to use the bug list! > >>Bob K1OC > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "richard allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "Dale Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Cc: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 4:35 PM > >>Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Announcing the new SDR1K Operating > >>andUseDiscussion Group on Yahoo > >> > >>>Another NO vote for Yahoo. In fact, while the buglist and new > >>>feature request may be a good thing for formalising those two streams > >>>for the developers, I've not seen any comments here on entries made > >>>into those two lists. That was one of the good things about having > >>>bugs and feature requests come thru the reflector. Everybody got to > >>>see them and comment on them. Of course, that was one of the reasons > >>>for removing them, the bugs at least. It was said that they were too > >>>public and scared new guys away. One of the main purposes of the > >>>sdr1000 was to make an open radio and not one that was afraid to have > >>>its internals exposed. The exposure has always created more > >>>discussion and that has been more important, in my opinion, than > >>>worrying about scaring folks away. > >>> > >>>Richard W5SXD > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Dale Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>(03/12/2006 15:15) > >>> > >>>>I also say NO to Yahoo. We have enough lists and forums as already > >>>>noted. I much prefer this list and the flex-radio forum over anything > >>>>Yahoo has. Seems like a duplication of effort to me. > >>>>73, > >>>>Dale AA5XE > >>>> > >>>>Philip Covington wrote: > >>>>>On 3/12/06, KD5NWA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>>Please let us not split the group, besides there are some > >>>>>>disadvantages to using Yahoo. Storage space for files and pictures > >>>>>>for a group is very limited. You constantly have to delete the older > >>>>>>stuff to make room for the new. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>At 11:07 AM 3/12/2006, you wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>I agree. It seems to me that between this mailing list and the Flex > >>>>>Radio forum (as well as the forum on hamsdr.org) that the current > >>>>>resources available are more than adequate. > >>>>> > >>>>>73 de Phil N8VB > >>>>> > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>FlexRadio mailing list > >>>>>[email protected] > >>>>>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > >>>>>Archive Link: > >>>>>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ > >>>>>FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for > >>>> a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. > >>>>- George Washington > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>FlexRadio mailing list > >>>>[email protected] > >>>>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > >>>>Archive Link: > >>>>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ > >>>>FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>FlexRadio mailing list > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > >>>Archive Link: > >>>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ > >>>FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>FlexRadio mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > >>Archive Link: > >>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio > >>Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>FlexRadio mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > >>Archive Link: > >>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio > >>Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >FlexRadio mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > >Archive Link: > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio > > Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
