New Flex 6600 Owner

Kevin Rich

After several weeks of thought considering the IC-7610, FTdx-101D, Flex 6400/6600, and being a previous Elecraft K3S owner I just placed my order for a new Flex 6600. I am looking forward to learning it and most excited about being able to operate remotely within the QTH and also over the Internet.

I am posting just to introduce myself and to say thanks to Mike for all of the pre-sales support going all the way back a couple of years when I was originally deciding between the K3S and 6300 and made the decision to go the other way. Mike has remained friendly and supportive all along and got my order processed and shipped quickly.

My call is K3GYK and I have been a ham since the 80s and my father, now a SK, was an extra and active for 50+ years. I'm sure he would be amazed at the current state of rigs. I'll continue to be reading the threads here but if any of you have any "must have" recommendations please give me a shout. My interest are primarily 6 meter SSB, MSK144, and FT8, HF digital on 20 and 30 meters only because of restrictive HOA and attic dipole antennas, and satellite. I have a DEMI L28-144 and will probably add 432 as well.

Looking forward to learning the new rig and joining in the community. 

-Kevin  

Cal N3CAL

Mark_WS7M

Neal_K3NC

KC2QMA_John

Welcome Aboard

Craig Williams

You will love it. I carry my iPhone all the time thus I carry my Flex 6400 all the time.

John - AI4FR

Bob KC9RF

Welcome to the Flex world. You will have a blast with the Radio.

Bob KC9RF

Welcome to the Flex world. You will have a blast with the Radio.

Neil D Friedman N3DF

KI4P

welcome to the world of Flex! I really like my 6400! go ahead and download software and get ready! received my Flex, plugged into network and made first 20 meter contact 5 min later. remote is sweet also. welcome to the forum!

Kevin Rich

Neil - This is something I have actually considered and thought about quite a bit. I own the rig and "partner" with someone who has a site, antennas, power, and Internet who could also use the rig. If the right situation comes up it could be interesting and fun for both parties.

Mark_WS7M

Kevin Rich

Thanks for the comments Mark. I have fiber gigabit Internet so speed is not an issue but latency might be,  time will tell. The other thing is noise and I have quite a bit so finding a remote "quite" site would be great.

As for sharing the WWV sight, maybe we can put a couple of 6600s up there since you and I are nearly neighbors.  The XYL and I are always looking for acreage north of hear and thinking Berthoud or Loveland would make a nice place for a new QTH. I have a friend not far from Horsetooth Res with tower and battery power (no amp possible) that will allow me to place equipment but his Internet is poor. There is also another Ham friend up in Longmont with land, Internet, and power that is open to doing something so maybe we can all explore the possibilities. 

Like you, it is a goal with me that I am exploring and it had some bearing on the decision to go Flex.

-Kevin

Neal_K3NC

As Mike, VA3MW says on his QRZ page, the better conditions a location has for HF, the worse conditions you will have for internet!

Kevin Rich

Ain't it the truth. Luckily for me, I am a big fan of MSK144 and VHF/UHF digital modes which work pretty good from anywhere.