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    New FLEX competitor?

    Member ✭✭
    edited May 2019 in SmartSDR for Windows
    New to me, but found this  http://eesdr.com/en/

    Looks like an SDR in the traditional knobs and buttons box, CPU, etc....  

    Thoughts?  

    David

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    • Member ✭✭
      edited March 2017
      They have been around. Another SDR company like Apache Anan and a couple others.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited February 2017
      Looks like a nice rig but it's pricey ($5500), needs to be pre-ordered and has no support in USA.  I've been following it for the past two years.  There are many youtube videos.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited December 2018
      Flex + Maestro in one box?
    • Member ✭✭✭
      edited February 2018
      That is more like what I thought Icom was going to come out with.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited September 2017
      no competitor for Flex ... i love my Flex for ever ;) 
    • Member ✭✭✭
      edited February 2019
      Great to see the marketplace evolving towards SDR. Best innovation in radio design in decades.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited December 2016
      I think Icom is working on a radio like this right now.
    • Member
      edited April 2017
      Didn't flex do this years ago with the 1000..ie built a computer and sdr into one box, ok no knobs but what happens when the i5 is obsolete..mind you the wee sunsdr2 is nice, i have one on loan at the minute but I think I still prefer the Flex because of the support and 3rd party applications like ddutils to control the rest of the station.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited December 2016
      It is the IC-7300. There are several YouTube videos and the product spec sheet is out.
    • Member ✭✭✭
      edited February 2019
      I have two Russian friends.  Great people, nice guys.  However I could not even conceive of trying to get tech support on something so complex as SDR from Russia.

      I realize they don't support US yet but I'm sure they probably will if their product goes well.  But think about Tim and FRS and how easy it is to talk to experienced users and for virtually all of us in the US, (like you George...) shipping our Flex units back for TLC is at worst a couple week ordeal.

      Could you imagine applying DC to the antenna on that thing?   You'd be out of a radio for months.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited August 2016
      Agreed. But that was bound to happen. Totally inevitable. Nobody would turn down the chance to use a round wheel when somebody had the idea of taking the corners off a square one, hi hi. I don't know who invented the concept, but Flex can be only part, maybe a small one, of the whole SDR ecosystem.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited August 2016
      Great point, well made. I do worry when I see a poor standard of English on sites that try to expand internationally. I am sure that there are many native speakers that could proof read the site. If one assumes that the best English speaker was used to write the site, I would expect trying to communicate with support would be difficult to say the least.
    • Member ✭✭✭
      edited March 2016
      Agreed.  I've dealt with foreign support done right and the right way is an English speaking (or other language too) intermediary with enough power to solve issues, issue RMA, expedite things.

      It will never work if they try to learn enough English, French, German or Asian languages to do it themselves.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited November 2016
      It is apparently available outside the US. I suspect it will be available with the pre-Dayton offerings from everybody.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited December 2016
      NO, not the 7300, I'm talking about a high-end direct-sampling radio with a high resolution display!
    • Member ✭✭✭
      edited December 2016
      Ohhhh, Mark! DC to ANT? That hurt ;-)

    • Member ✭✭✭
      edited December 2016
      Is this Sun radio direct sampling?
    • Member ✭✭
      edited December 2016
      what happens when the i5 is obsolete
      I don't think that's necessarily a valid quesiton.  The cpu is dedicated to running the SDR control software.  It will continue to perform that function going forward.  Any radio made in the past 25 years has microprocessor(s) inside and the radios continue to work just fine despite those chips being long obsolete.
    • Member ✭✭✭
      edited March 2016
      :-) sorry George but you were the latest person to take advantage of FRS TLC and the fact that you got an answer on what to do the same day speaks volumes of why we own FRS units.

      When I finally meet you I'll buy you a coffee or a **** to make up for this!  :-)
    • Member ✭✭
      edited December 2016
      It is available in the UK for GBP4,600 (if you include the ATU).

      For myself, I have never had any regrets about deciding to go down the FRS route, and I did consider this radio as well as others from India and elsewhere.

      David G4NRT
    • Member ✭✭
      edited August 2016
      @ David G4NRT

      If I had that sort of dosh to throw at a rig, I would have bought a higher specced Flex. That the Flex is made in the USA was a big plus for me, so much so that I did not consider other SDR rigs. Native English speaking tech support too was just icing on the cake.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited December 2016
      Couldn't agree more Guy! I just wish that I could have stretched to a 6700 but I only just managed to afford a 6500 + reserve for a Maestro!
    • Member ✭✭
      edited November 2016
      While I agree with you Barry, so long as the original I5 is not fried but once the chip is fried and the I5 is no longer made....I haven't bothered to check but is the 8085 still in production? I built a Heathkit Computerized Weather Station. I had the anemometer and wind vane at the top of my tower. It got hit several times and fried the main cpu chip inside the station box proper. No problem, I ordered another one, inserted, back in business. Eventually I couldn't find a replacement chip. Bye Bye Heathkit weather computer. Granted, that took awhile to happen but it did happen. My TS-530SP has a tube final. I think I'd be hard pressed to find a replacement if the current one goes. 
    • Member ✭✭
      edited May 2019
      Looks like 2 dealers in the US at this time:
      http://www.cheapham.com/
      http://nsiradio.com/SunSDR/

      But as stated support would be a nightmare...

      Looking at the back, I see HF (4), VHF(2), UHF(1) and what is this SHF????  new to me.. is that microwave?  All in one box??  I understand the reason for the 4 fans, betting this thing gets HOT

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    • Member ✭✭
      edited December 2016
      Your arguing that you should never buy a radio with an embedded LSI chip that might eventually fail because you might not be able to find a replacement part in the future when it fails?

      What about the ADC and DSP chips in all these radios?  Doesn't the same argument hold for avoiding them?
    • Member ✭✭
      edited November 2016
      No. Sorry, I was just making conversation. Who knows, maybe China will be making I5 (or Heath LSI) chips as long as any of us are alive.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited December 2016
      yes
    • Member ✭✭
      edited December 2016
      For $5500, I'd expect to at least see a TRS (balanced) mic input and line in/out.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited March 2016
      Im also in agreement with some... I like the idea of being able to upgrade my computer hardware as I see fit.. not just stuck with a particular processor.  from what I've seen you can run an additional screen off this, so that gives you two... one tiny and one of my choosing.. however right now I'm currently running 3 22' wide screens and for speed I'm running solid state hard drives (2), and I can upgrade whatever I want... this one would be stuck with what you get... 

      Just some thoughts...
    • Member ✭✭
      edited May 2019
      Yeah, nice concept.... but I love my FLEX... 

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