[CQ-Contest] Flex radios

[Steve Bookout]

Bill,

I just SOLD my 6700 and Maestro and have ZERO regrets.  I had the 
combination for 16 months and the rig was only able to finish ONE 
contest without needing to be replaced in the heat of battle.

I think the hardware is fine, but the software has sooo many issues 
that, in my opinion, it is NOT ready for prime time.  I was on the Alpha 
team and was working with the latest software, but could never find any 
version that would be solid enough to work reliably in a contest.  
Wasn't just one thing, but many different ones.  Ask them (Flex) about 
how it works with N1MM.

K9CT swears by them; I will swear at them.

The best thing about it was the Maestro, which is a must for 
contesting.  Mouse click menus just will not do it for serious 
contesting.  I'm sure that's why they combined the Flex and the rig in 
the package they now call the 6600.

73 de Steve, NR4M


On 5/22/2017 10:07:AM, Bill via CQ-Contest 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.
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> 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.
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> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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