[Flexradio] 6 meters receive on 5000

[Clay W7CE]

With all of the great features of this radio, this is one of the very few 
shortcomings and it can solved with a $79 preamp from ARR.  The 5000A even 
has the preamp in/out BNC connectors on the rear panel so all you have to do 
is connect it and check a box in the Antenna dialog box.  Even cooler, you 
can specify the preamp gain, so the S-Meter continues to read accurately 
(and according to my calibrated HP signal generator, it is accurate to 
below -140 dBm) when the preamp is enabled.

6M is my favorite band and my 756 ProIII has been very lonely since I got 
the 5000A.  I just added a 2nd preamp to the RX2 input and am putting up a 
2nd 6M antenna today so that I can listen on both receivers at once (RX1 on 
the left ear and RX2 on the right ear).  Antenna 1 is 9el at 48' and antenna 
2 will be 7el at 95'.  I can look for beacons while monitoring the calling 
frequency or use it for diversity reception when signals are coming in at 
differing arrival angles.  Yesterday, with a single antenna, I was decoding 
FSK441 on 50.260 (RX2) while listening to the band starting to open on 
50.125 (RX1).  I could never do that with the 756 ProIII.  Also, the noise 
blanker really works.  I've copied Q5 signals that were 4 S-units below the 
power-line noise.

Don't let this one thing stop you from getting a really great radio.  I 
don't think you'll ever regret it.

73,
Clay  W7CE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Petrich" <radioart at frontiernet.net>
To: "Ed Helms" <n4zvn7 at gmail.com>; "flex radio" <FlexRadio at flex-radio.biz>
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000


>I agree with Ed's comments, I'm looking at a 5k but it bothers me that I 
>will need to add a 6m preamp!!
>
> Thats my only issue, otherwise I think the Felx is a really exellent 
> radio!!
>
> Congrats to all the hard work from the Flex engineers!
>
> Dennis, k0eoo
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Helms" <n4zvn7 at gmail.com>
> To: "flex radio" <FlexRadio at flex-radio.biz>
> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 7:20 AM
> Subject: [Flexradio] 6 meters recieve on 5000
>
>
>>I guess I just dont understand why the 5000 needs to have a preamp on 6
>> meters. I will admit I like my 5000 better than my IC-7800 in every 
>> catagory
>> except the recieve on 6 meters. The Flex, if we were scoring on a scale 
>> of 0
>> to 10, is about a 3 at best on 6 meter recieve compared to my 7800. Why 
>> cant
>> there be a additional module or mod for the 5000 so it is up to par out 
>> of
>> the box. No add on preamps. Just does not make sense to pay that much for 
>> a
>> rig and it needs a recieve preamp on 6. Dont get me wrong, I love the 
>> Flex
>> and would recommend it over any rig. I just think they missed the mark on
>> this issue.
>> N4zvn>
>> Ed
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