[CQ-Contest] Flex radios

[Chuck Dietz]

http://www.flexradio.com/amateur-products/flex-6000-signature-series/flex-6700/

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:38 PM, <w5prchuck at gmail.com> wrote:

> They are still selling the 6700
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> *From: *Ria Jairam <rjairam at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Monday, May 22, 2017 12:37 PM
> *To: *xaxaxaxa yayayaya <cqtestk4xs at aol.com>
> *Cc: *CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [CQ-Contest] Flex radios
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> Hi Bill,
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> The 6500 is a discontinued model. It is replaced by the 6600.
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> The 6600 will do SO2R in a single box and has the new preselectors with
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> 50dB of isolation between SCUs (an SCU is a flex term for a wideband
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> receiver).
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> As for comparing it to a K3S, that's a holy war you want to start here. :)
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> However on the Maestro or M series radios the display is larger, the knobs
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> are larger (on Maestro) and it has the panadapter built in. But I think
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> everything else is a matter of personal preference because the performance
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> is so high between those radios that to the average operator with the
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> average set of ears any difference is minor.
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> 73
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> Ria, N2RJ
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> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Bill via CQ-Contest <
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> cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
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> > At the hamfest last weekend I had some extra time Sunday and wandered
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> > to the Flex radio site. and had a long sit down with one of the reps.  I
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> > did a hands on with the 6500  and was truly impressed, especially with
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> > "easy" it was on the ears.
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> > I currently have a pair of K-3s for SO2R and have kicked around replacing
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> > these with the 6500.  I know K9CT as well as a couple others who use the
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> > Flex stuff.  I really would like to hear from them and others about these
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> > radios and how they compare to the K-3s in a contesting and Dxing
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> > situation...ease of use, operator friendly, audio quality for listening
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> > well as transmit etc.  Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
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> > Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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