The "SDR" part of the Icom 7300 compared with Flex ?

W7NGA

Absolutely .. 17-meters deserves a fine French Bordeaux.  

Ken - NM9P

Dan. Who said that just because this is the current topic of discussion in THIS thread that it is anyone's main concern or focus in the hobby? I am currently engaged in several concurrent conversations in this and other forums, some public, others private. None of them represent anything lose to an "ultimate concern" in my life. But they are, at least, temporarily interesting. Many of them are done while multitasking in my office or at home in my easy chair while watching tv or waiting for dinner. A few of them I only post to when I am in the "reading room" because it gives me something to do.... Sometimes sports car enthusiasts want to talk about cubic inch displacement, compression ratios, fuel mixtures, horsepower and transmission efficiency..... Sometimes they just want to drive their cars! The same goes for amateur radio nuts. The fact that we sometimes spend time doing one thing doesn't mean we do not like to, or are incapable of doing the other. Cheers! Ken - NM9P

VE6KWA

<< If you want to use both radios, buy a 6300 and 7300.  Use them for 30 days.  If you want to keep the 7300, we will refund you 100% of your purchase price.  You want to keep the 6300, we will refund you 90% of your invoice price of the 7300. <<

Hmnn.. maybe some of the excess 7300's could be given away as contest prizes... First place gets a 7300 radio    Second place gets two 7300 radios...      O.K.  O.K. people, it was a joke. I couldn't help myself...

VE6KWA

<< If you want to use both radios, buy a 6300 and 7300.  Use them for 30 days.  If you want to keep the 7300, we will refund you 100% of your purchase price.  You want to keep the 6300, we will refund you 90% of your invoice price of the 7300. <<

Hmnn.. maybe some of the excess 7300's could be given away as contest prizes... First place gets a 7300 radio    Second place gets two 7300 radios...      O.K.  O.K. people, it was a joke. I couldn't help myself...

Ken

Dan,

I think there are more out here that think exactly like you do, but don't bother to say anything. I think it's called the "silent majority"...

Ken - W3KWL

Lewis Cheek

Dan, ur 599 plus about 40 on my xyz, antenna is  7 phased 5 elem 20 meter beams, on one of my 12, 350 ft towers. By the way, I'm on my 500 foot daysailer over in the Mediterranean Sea running remote via a Maestro. Wait a minute please I need to ask our house setter to drive over to my remote ham shack and fire up the other 10 kw amp, and parallel it with one I'm running now. Waiter when will the $5000 bottle of wine arrive?

Seems I read a lot of that kind of stuff on a few reflectors.

Lew - N4CO

km9r.mike

km9r.mike

km9r.mike

@ Dan

I hear your passion but one's passion does not make another's invalid, insipid, vacuous nor inane. What's next ? Are you gonna call others nerds ?

It is a big hobby with lots of room for lots of passions. I could easily take a swipe at your passions but it would not make me a better man.

Robert KB6QXM

I saw this post and now that I own both an Icom 7300 AND a Flex-6500, I will be able to evaluate both radios and provide my opinions.

As I am a Product Manager/Product Owner professionally in the Silicon Valley with a technical background, I do not look at a product strictly from one perspective. I do not look at a Product strictly on it's technical merits. I do not look at it from strictly from the user experience or user interface. I do not look at a product strictly from a business viability. I look at the entire product end to end and each product attribute should be weighted and the weighting is subjective. There are so many parameters to consider. I also beta test as a hobby through an organization that allows me to test and evaluate products both hardware and software. I have done this for many years.

Here is a short list of what I look at when I evaluate a product:

User experience/User Interface-Hardware and Software

Technical capability

Reliability, Factory Service and Support

Feature expansion capability

Cost, resale, availablity

3rd party product support

Product lifecycle

Documentation

User community Support

I will use both radios. I will provide my opinions on the Pros and Cons of each radio. I may have been a Flex owner for many years, but it is will give both radios an honest evaluation.

WK2Y

I am anxious to hear your opinion. Thanks for doing this.

73,

Bob, WK2Y

ka9ees

@Robert KB6QXM

I am also looking forward to your report.

73,

Ed KA9EES