Toby, I've never had any of these problems (it's been about a year of operating now, 90% CW.)
If you play the percentages, I suspect that you'll find a few fatal flaws in a small percentage of any rig shipped from any supplier. Machines that do have problems reported usually get fixed - at least that's what seems to happen on most reported on this list. In any case, even if you're really risk averse, there are a lot of really smart people here that seem to be able to help in the odd case where there are problems. Mark W8XR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:23 PM To: Toby Pennington; Flex Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Issues Remaining Toby, I don't operate CW very much so I can't add anything about #1 other that what others have said. As for #2, I have never had the power "jump" on me running in any mode. The SDR1K out 100 watts PEP rain or shine. Matter of fact with the gain limiting logic, you really can't over drive it without having to really work at it. There is a little frequency drift in the first 10-15 minutes the rig is on until it reaches operating temperature. I operate a lot of PSK and I don't ever notice the drift. Also, Flex is supposed to be putting a thermistor on the OX to stabilize it a little more, so this should be a moot point unless you need 10^-4 Hz stability. :-) -Tim --- Tim Ellison ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Integrated Technical Services ( http://www.itsco.com ) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Toby Pennington Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:55 PM To: Flex Subject: [Flexradio] Issues Remaining FWIW.....I have decided to postpone purchasing an SDR 1K due to the following reported problems. If I am in error please correct...... 1. On CW the rig goes "out of phase" periodically 2. The power output can suddenly jump from 100 watts to 120 to 130 watts 3. Frequency stability can vary from 15 to 25 hz while transmitting as the osc heats up (design Flaw?) Otherwise the SDR 1k seems to be an excellent rig with great potential, but any one of the above listed issues is a deal killer. Toby W4CAK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachment s/20060524/890d76f8/attachment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz 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 FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz 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 FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz 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
