No news can be good news! TNX FRS
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from FRS web:
When will Maestro begin shipping?
Maestro is targeted to begin shipping in February 2016. Orders placed now will ship in the spring of 2016.
OK?
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Gerald - K5SDR, Employee
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Engineering is currently evaluating the complete software backlog so that we can do an update next week with the latest information. This will go out in another Maestro Specific Flex Insider. Thank you for your patience while we wrap up the remaining software details.
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Gerald - K5SDR, Employee
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<Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.>
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KY6LA - Howard, Elmer
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Then your device is shipped.
IIRC. Flex previously stated that they would deliver the preorders over. 4-6 weeks
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David G4NRT
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It is possible for any company to underestimate but it is always difficult to extend. I can't tell you the number of companies that have shipped before it was ready. I'd much rather wait a month or two extra for Flex to get it right.
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Steve K9ZW, Elmer
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Only Burt's copy got canceled <wink>!
Is there any truth that you saw a message?
What point is there in adding legs to every bit of trash talk you find despite an ongoing communication flow from FRS laying things as clearly as they can be?
This is troll smack talk, and you are way too smart to get suckered into repeating it.
Let's not make it an ugly world going through it like Eyore braying every pessimistic worry that can even be imagined, truth be damned.
I want to claim a Sked to do a Maestro-to-Maestro QSO where we will talk about the positive! Are you on Burt? Will be fun!
73
Steve
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Tim - W4TME, Customer Experience Manager
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None what so ever.
Gerald - K5SDR, Employee
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We have around 50 people testing Maestro every day and giving us great feedback that we are incorporating into the software to enhance the user experience. We are doing one to three Maestro software updates per week to the Alpha team. Sounds like someone is spreading malicious information.
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Gerald - K5SDR, Employee
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k1oik@yahoo.com
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Steve K9ZW, Elmer
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Here are some suggestions:
If FRS has spoken, non-official-FRS statements made prior to the FRS Statement have been superseded by the official FRS Statement(s).
If the timeframe is expansive - reposting rumors over a month old on a very active community site like this one as an example - take it quietly and privately to FRS before (re)posting a comment that didn't gain traction many weeks ago.
Reflect that reposting often looks like your are championing or supportive of the reposted statement's claims. That alone may be reason enough to do an email or call to FRS prior to giving legs to a dead bit of speculation.
If there are subsequent Flex-Insider, Gerald, Tim or Steve posts that have already addressed the intended reposting's false claims heed their statements. Otherwise your repost effort is simply mischief rather than any legitimate search for clarity.
Any claim that you didn't see the official posts is rubbish with the amount of posting - even lurking - here at the community by those folk repeating heresy negative claims.
And of course you owe it to the community to do at least a basic search.
Patience is a virtue and we don't have to be like little children asking over and over "are we there yet?"
Please remember FRS has adopted a very hands-off moderation policy in terms of this community and has rejected suggestions that outmoded and spurious posts be deleted - I'd even thought changing them to all strike-out and adding and editors note so it would be clear what is old stuff would be warranted. That would end up looking like this:
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This way the old would remain for legacy, but with ample warning it was not current information.
Lastly also ask yourself "Does my question even mean anything - does it even matter?" There are a lot of spurious posts. Bluntly no matter how many times you post it you are not going to change the facts. I'm am amused by the WAN-not-needed mantra chanters who every time they have a chance repeat that they personally don't see how they need WAN so therefore FRS should walk away from its plans to do what they want done. This is basically flipping-the-bird to those of us who have looked to the WAN advance from day one, and as such not very good community spirit. Argue and promote ideas for what comes next, but don't propose to steal from your fellow ham!
Now for my positive statement for the day - I would like to propose doing a round-robin sked with each of the regular posters with some sort of award for 20, 30, 40 and so on contacted. Would be really cool to meet each of this sage group on the air for a chat.
As always YMMV, and hope to catch you on the bands,
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Steve K9ZW
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If you wonder why I and others look for answers to reports we hear, I posted the following 3 days ago and no response:
If I hear something I think might be true who should I contact so that others don't see it? Can private messages be sent to any Flex representatives?
k1oik@yahoo.com
Steve K9ZW, Elmer
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It is so obviously an "yes" - would be seen as an open rhetorical question, as the entire FRS has so often said everyone is welcome to email any of their team direct.
Would have thought no response should have been expected.
You could contact them at http://www.flexradio.com/about-us/contact-us/ if you don't want to look up an individual's address.
Rather doubt they are going to monitor posts looking for your address though.
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Steve K9ZW
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Personally, I think the philosophy all people should follow is, stuff will arrive at market when FRS deems it ready. For those whom that waiting is is not sufficient, there are other vendors. The ultimate 'vote' cast is what vendor gets one's discretionary dollars. I do, however concur with your sentiment about the nonstop 'is it soup yet'?
Steve K9ZW, Elmer
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As the WAN concept was part of the Signature Series from conceptual onwards including Road Maps while those were being done, it is really hard to change that commitment now.
Sampling bias and segmentation issues in a growing ownership base that ranges from early adopters willing to even prepay ahead while awaiting an actual product, small release groups, and differing types of later purchasers - it just gets very messy.
Additionally a consideration as to whether each customer group pre-bought, bought or importantly will buy in the future based on that WAN commitment, is very important.
There is also a huge potential cost to setting aside a huge expected move forward with the WAN capabilities in terms of goodwill and marketplace creditability that strongly cautions consistency in direction.
FRS with each significant SmartSDR release - I think I started with SmartSDR Preview 0.12.8 just around Dayton time in 2013 - has delivered what it committed to and more. There have been a couple remedial software repairs and a few items were slightly delayed only to be included it a widely expanded form well worth the slight wait.
I've had fun with each upgrade - in fact if I wasn't multitasking at this moment I really should be on the air. I certainly hope other owners are having fun too!
I also hope that most are as pumped as I am wit the forward direction that each new release will bring!
As an aside, the building block nature of the tiers of features released to end station operators would also appear to be needed for later added features, even if not every ham wanted a given specific feature it may be an intermediate part of something they do want. I would guess that there is less chance of multiple site wide area diversity without a solid WAN function & background libraries? We seem to make sense how WAN would be a building bock towards it?
Anyway, all best and 73
Steve K9ZW
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Steve said, "FRS has so often said everyone is welcome to email any of their team direct."
What are the direct addresses?
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Steve said, "FRS has so often said everyone is welcome to email any of their team direct."
What are the direct addresses?
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Tim - W4TME, Customer Experience Manager
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I am very pleased that Flex announced the product as early in the development process as they did. I love being somewhat kept in the loop of product development. This alone makes FlexRadio Co. unique in the ham radio industry. I also want to think that some of the positive and productive comments and recommendations made on this forum somehow make it to the Flex engineering team and are actually considered during the planning process. Once again making FlexRadio Co quite unique!
I'm patiently waiting, although now looking for another towel to dry my eyes!
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Bingo. Do you guys think the K-I-Y triumvirate would have been as open as Flex have been?
BTW, don't you maestro guys have homes? :)
KY6LA - Howard, Elmer
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