[Elecraft] TS-990

[Scott Manthe]

The difference, of course, is that a computer is not REQUIRED to use a 
K3. The Flex will not function at all without the computer, so the 
comments about the Flex being dependent on computer hardware are hardly 
"nonsense."

73,
Scott, N9AA


On 3/10/15 10:45 AM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
> First a disclaimer:  I don't own a Flex radio (and it is a radio)  The 
> closest I've come is using an LP Pan on the i-f output of a K3, which 
> I do own.
>
> But this argument is simply nonsense.  If the radio breaks---they 
> actually do you know---you're (note spelling) off the air too.
>
> And try as I might, I can't see Internet spots on my K3, nor can I use 
> it to keep my banking records, write email, do antenna modeling, etc.  
> For this I still need a computer.  And believe it or not, that same 
> computer is connected to my K3 and I would be lost without it.  I 
> don't want to go back to my BC-342 and crystal-controlled 6L6, which 
> some still think are the only "real" radios. Time marches on...try to 
> keep up.
>
> Wes  N7WS
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