[CQ-Contest] Flex radios

[Ria Jairam]

Hi Bill,

The 6500 is a discontinued model. It is replaced by the 6600.

The 6600 will do SO2R in a single box and has the new preselectors with
50dB of isolation between SCUs (an SCU is a flex term for a wideband
receiver).

As for comparing it to a K3S, that's a holy war you want to start here. :)
 However on the Maestro or M series radios the display is larger, the knobs
are larger (on Maestro) and it has the panadapter built in. But I think
everything else is a matter of personal preference because the performance
is so high between those radios that to the average operator with the
average set of ears any difference is minor.

73
Ria, N2RJ

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Bill via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

>
> At the hamfest last weekend I had some extra time Sunday and wandered over
> to the Flex radio site. and had a long sit down with one of the reps.  I
> did a hands on with the 6500  and was truly impressed, especially with how
> "easy" it was on the ears.
>
> I currently have a pair of K-3s for SO2R and have kicked around replacing
> these with the 6500.  I know K9CT as well as a couple others who use the
> Flex stuff.  I really would like to hear from them and others about these
> radios and how they compare to the K-3s in a contesting and Dxing
> situation...ease of use, operator friendly, audio quality for listening as
> well as transmit etc.  Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
>
>
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