[Elecraft] Visalia?

[Barry Baines]

Bill:

> On Apr 15, 2019, at 12:18 AM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:
> 
> No. There were the usual show special deals and the KPA1500 was emphasized. The whole conference, including the vendor area, was fairly low key, with nothing new and earth shattering.

Out of curiosity. did Flex Radio Systems tout their new SmartSDR v3,0.19 featuring “multiFlex” that allows two operators to share one Flex-6xxx series transceiver (or one operator use two devices such as a laptop with SmartSDR and a Maestro connected to the same transceiver at the same time)?  Given the focus on DX and contesting at Visalia, I’m wondering what the crowd reaction might have been to this newly released capability?  

I suspect that while this is a technical achievement, non-contest users are being challenged to determine how exactly multiFLEX works and what advantages it brings to their operating experience.  However, there appears to be significant benefits to multi operator contest stations as well as single operator two radio (SO2R) setups, reducing the number of transceivers and associated control boxes/cabling while allowing both two operations using the same transceiver to share the same antenna. 

I also suspect that what is driving Flex’s focus on the needs of contest operations is that contest stations spend ‘real money’ on equipment and software to enhance their competitive advantage. It’ll be interesting to see whether the evolution of technology by Flex using SDR will translate to tangible benefits for the "rest of us” as well as whether other equipment manufacturers respond to these technical enhancements.  

73,
Barry, WD4ASW 

> 
> 73 Bill AE6JV
> 
> On 4/15/19 at 9:05 PM, k2vco.vic at gmail.com (Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP) wrote:
> 
>> Did Elecraft show or hint at anything interesting at the Visalia DX Convention?
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