Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000

2009-06-27 Thread Simon (HB9DRV)
- Original Message - From: "Philip M. Lanese" No manufacturer can build the kind of performance gain that is provided by this simple "add-on" into a production radio. PHYSICS rules the game. But for 6m a good built-in pre-amp will overcome the lack of sensitivity - as with my TS

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000

2009-06-27 Thread Philip M. Lanese
. PHYSICS rules the game. Phil, K3IB - Original Message - From: "Bob McGwier" To: "flex radio" Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000 > If you look outside of your own personal needs you will see that the > Flex

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000

2009-06-27 Thread Duane - N9DG
r place. Duane N9DG --- On Sat, 6/27/09, Kevin Hobbs wrote: > From: Kevin Hobbs > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000 > To: "'Dennis Petrich'" , "'Ed Helms'" > , "'flex radio'" > Date: Saturday, June 27,

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000

2009-06-27 Thread Dennis Petrich
Don't get me wrong guys, I really like the Flex too and will probably just go the external 6m preamp like you-all and be done with it Dennis, k0eoo - Original Message - From: "Bob McGwier" To: "flex radio" Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 9:53 AM Subject:

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000

2009-06-27 Thread Bob McGwier
If you look outside of your own personal needs you will see that the Flex 5000 was Flex's first really serious entry into high performance transceivers. As much as the SDR-1000 changed the world for me personally, it was never meant to be a high end transceiver project. That it got as far as

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000

2009-06-27 Thread Kevin Hobbs
---Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Dennis Petrich Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 10:32 AM To: Ed Helms; flex radio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000 I agree with Ed's comments, I'm looking

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000

2009-06-27 Thread Dennis Petrich
From: "Ed Helms" To: "flex radio" Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 7:20 AM Subject: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000 I guess I just dont understand why the 5000 needs to have a preamp on 6 meters. I will admit I like my 5000 better than my IC-7800 in every catagory excep

[Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000

2009-06-27 Thread Ed Helms
I guess I just dont understand why the 5000 needs to have a preamp on 6 meters. I will admit I like my 5000 better than my IC-7800 in every catagory except the recieve on 6 meters. The Flex, if we were scoring on a scale of 0 to 10, is about a 3 at best on 6 meter recieve compared to my 7800. Why c