[CQ-Contest] Flex radios

[I4UFH]

Hi Martin

I am impressed of the HW steps that flex technology has do in the last years. I am an old style contester who love knobs , and a PC interfaced radio was not the right solution , mostly because u depend from the mother of the virus "windows " !! We spend most of the our contest time traveling to the DX station and in the
last years K3 family stuff had performed well.
Last MM we ha involved 13 k3's with all the related stuff, for partner / inband interface interlocking , really a mess ....

These new 6600M server device surely has the capability to be a seller winner for contesting Station, now I am expecting  if the promise at Dayton that the the multi client will be available for the end of the 2017, will became true.

It's also in the right price point to be the cheapest solution for SO2R or Mx setup with several operators and few radio ....

Let take updated of the news ...

73 de Fabio I4UFH

> Il giorno 24 mag 2017, alle ore 01:33, Martin Monsalvo - LU5DX <lu5dx at lucg.com.ar> ha scritto:
> 
> Hi Fabio,
> Considering the new rigs are servers I hope the multi client architecture is in place.
> Even for SO2R. You may want to have a computer and two iPads to take advantage of ergonomics and touch screens.
> 
> 73,
> Martin LU5DX
> 
> Enviado desde BlueMail
> En may 23, 2017, en 2:28 p. m., I4UFH <i4ufh at libero.it> escribió:
>> 
>> SO2R with Flex radios is and were quite difficult until few month ago were no band data were available direct from the radio, and u were to live with the windows issues. So even the 6700 is an excellent device, have ur contest in the hand of a PC based radio is not really bulletproof.
>> 
>> Now with the new stand alone 6600M u can save money , space , wiring , without compromise , even SO2R on Mx setup. 
>> 
>> Unfortunately we still need to wait new SSDR version with the multi client access to one radio, at that time u can replace 3 radios with only un Flex and will became an easy set , instead of a lot of external devices the u must have with 2 standard radios.
>> 
>> Let's see what the future will reserve to us .... 
>> 
>> 73 de Fabio I4UFH
>> 
>>>  Il giorno 23 mag 2017, alle ore 17:41, Martin Monsalvo - LU5DX <lu5dx at lucg.com.ar> ha scritto:
>>>  
>>>  For what I know, none of the recent top 10 SOAB used Flex radios. At least those outside the US.
>>>  
>>>  Not sure how SOAB would benefit from Flex radios. Not needed for 2BSIQ.
>>>  Furthermore, redundancy is good.
>>>  Only one radio to so SO2R seems risky, in particular for those traveling overseas.
>>>  
>>>  Now, SOAB(A) or any other (A) categories like MS, M2, MM would greatly benefit from Flex radios.
>>>  Integration with CW Skimmer, In-band stations, etc, are things that are a lot more simple when using these radios.
>>>  You can have two stations with just one rig and one amp (e.g. Flex 6600M and Flex Power Genius XL). Those two stations could work on separate bands or In-band.
>>>  
>>>  I would do SO2R SOAB(A), not with one 6600, but with two 6400. That way you can have SO2R (even SO4R) and have hardware redundancy in place just in case.
>>>  
>>>  73,
>>>  Martin LU5DX
>>>  
>>>  ⁣Enviado desde BlueMail ​
>>>  
>>>  En may 23, 2017 11:09 a. m., en 11:09 a. m., Yuri <ve3dz at rigexpert.net> escribió:
>>>>  I wonder if anyone from Top Ten SOAB in the CQ WW DX was using Flex
>>>>  radio...
>>>>  
>>>>  Yuri  VE3DZ
>>>>  
>>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>>  From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf
>>>>  Of Steve Bookout
>>>>  Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 10:19 PM
>>>>  
>>>>  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
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>>  
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