Steve I used to get a headache after working a 48-hour contest with my big box radio. I wasn’t alone. There was a lot of noise in the headphones coming from the rig. Once I started using a Flex 1500 and now I’ve added a Flex 3000 the headaches have gone away :) I’m now looking at a 6300. BTW when a buddy who is 360 meters away fires up his ICOM 756 Pro or his 7700 I can really tell when he’s on the band. When he switches to his Flex 3000 not only don’t I hear him but I can work CW contacts inside his transmitting envelop. We discovered this by accident when I was searching and pouncing and inadvertently tuned under him just as he started running. Using the Icoms we tried to be on different bands when contesting.
Not saying the Flex system with its active windows for SDR and contesting software is for everyone but it works so well I sold my other radio. I’d highly recommend dropping $500 on a used 1500 to give SDR a try if you’ve got a computer with enough firepower to run the software. Most current I5 computers will work fine. I’ve got a cheap quad-core I7 tower that runs the SDR at 2% CPU and works flawlessly. Best regards, Peter - VE3HG VE3HG Blog <http://www.ve3hg.wordpress.com/> & VE3HB Blog <http://ve3hb.wordpress.com/> Follow VE3HG On Twitter <http://twitter.com/ve3hg> QRP-When you care to send the very least > On Oct 18, 2014, at 1:00 PM, flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz wrote: > > Send FlexRadio mailing list submissions to > flexradio@flex-radio.biz > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz > > You can reach the person managing the list at > flexradio-ow...@flex-radio.biz > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of FlexRadio digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Sherwood Engineering Rates Flex 6700 (Steve Sterling) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:13:02 -0700 > From: Steve Sterling <f...@sgsterling.com> > To: FlexRadio Reflector <FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz> > Subject: [Flexradio] Sherwood Engineering Rates Flex 6700 > Message-ID: <54414e1e.4080...@sgsterling.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I was arguing with a friend who was certain his Icom rig's receiver was > far superior to any Flex or Elecraft-- so I showed him the Sherwood > Engineering receiver test data webpage (http://www.sherweng.com/table.html) > > I was pleased to see they have now tested a Flex 6700, and it sits > proudly at the top of the list above the Hilberling.... > > Steve WA7DUH > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > ------------------------------ > > End of FlexRadio Digest, Vol 114, Issue 8 > ***************************************** _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
