Or maybe, as in my case, a seller is simply going in a different direction.
I like(d) my 5000, but I am going to take some of my limited free time this winter and contribute some effort to a couple of open-source SDR projects. I don't need it (it being the 5K), am not going to use it and am not much interested in having things for the sake of having them. So off it goes to someone that will enjoy it as much as I have. For the record: the 5000 is superb and the support from Flex has been top-notch. I have to say, however, that this is the first time in blah-blah-blah years online, involved with various (e.g. ham radio, sportbike) forums and mailing lists, that anyone (not the original poster of this thread) has ever emailed me directly to question my judgement in selling something that I bought and paid for with my own hard-earned money. It is, quite frankly, no-one's business but my own...and the same goes for anyone else selling, quite frankly, anything. These conversations, and the speculation contained therein are fun, but being such a fan-boy of a consumer product that you feel you have to email someone to question their judgement should give a sane person pause. Mike Alexander - N8MSA [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Greenlee" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 11:06:12 AM Subject: [Flexradio] Lots of lightly used Flex Radios for sale. This has been explained but may bear repeating/amplification. Flex customer demographics include a high percentage of tech weenies and a fair number of whatever is the latest greatest new shiny ball folks. Some folks have to have the latest tech gadgets whether or not they understand the technology. This is not to say that techies aren't interested if their "wad" permits. The 5000 is still one of the best most capable radios available for anywhere near its selling price. The new radios promise to be EVEN MORE. So the folks who have to have the new shiny ball will bail on the 5000 to get the next latest thing. Ditto the tech freaks to whom better is worth a lot. Hype aside, the "Game Changer" is an evolutionary change (likely a true evolutionary LEAP) but still not a REVOLUTIONARY change. SDR was a revolutionary change compared to the "traditional" hardware implementations of radios. Given you are shopping performance vs price you will find the 5000 to have a better figure of merit (divide performance by price) than lots of traditional radios, radios incorporating some DSP, and likely the new Flex offerings too. Still if you want higher tech and better performance and are willing to pay for it, the new Flex is the good deal. The cutting edge of tech typically costs disproportionately more than a half step or more back from the bleeding edge.. Tech doesn't stand still. Buyers of the NEW flex radios should savor the moment (months/years) of superiority before Flex or some other outfit makes another leap forward. It wasn't that long ago that the IBM PC booted from floppies and ran a clock speed of 4.77 MHz and was THE thing nearly every tech weenie wanted. Technological obsolescence comes at an ever accelerating rate. It is the way of the world. Until or unless there are fundamental changes in operating modes not conveniently handled by a 5000 They should serve well for many more years. Collins S-Line gear still works well and does what it always did. The 5000 may turn out to be the SDR equivalent. 73 Patrick AF5CK _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
