New Flex 8000 Series Radios, Is it a good update?

In this video I discuss the features of the New Flex 8000 Series Radios.
Video with Mike and Steve, • Discover the All-New F...
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[@agoraphobicadam1171]

Thanks Chuck, KO4HPC 73

[@cornbread-KO5RN]

CHUCK 👋😎

[@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures]

Hey CB

[@Andrew-W6OR]

For me, I'd need to hear how good the RX and DSP are before getting excited. Thetis and and $400 HL2 already sounds better and can do Pure Signal. I haven't seen/heard anything yet that gets me really pumped. I was an early adopter of the Flex 3000 and would love to see something fresh.

[@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures]

I have the HL2 and it's a great video, just wish it came in a 20-30 watt model. I also have the elad and it's right there with the HL2 and thetis and very light on the computer unlike Thetis. Thanks for watching!

[@LeeMcc_KI5YPR]

Jeem will undoubtedly sell his Flex to upgrade to 8600.

[@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures]

Right??

[@bobkopf227]

Good afternoon Chuck, do you have any guesses about what the new Icom radio will be?

[@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures]

IC 7851 replacement most likely, or could be a 200 watt Ic-7610 addition. Just guessing though

[@ToNzHoLtZ]

Too expensive to just talk to someone, buy a phone or go visit .

[@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures]

First of all thanks for watching and commenting. Phones theses days can cost a pretty good chunk of that radio, unless you want to use an old flip phone which isn't really comparable. This is a top of the line type radio so as for a phone top of the line Iphone or Android based phone would be comparable. In both cases phone or radio you can buy less expensive. Then the phone has a monthly fee and that adds up and to the cost. I still have a phone even with the cost. I have talked to friends all over the world and to go visit would be a huge cost in flights and just my time for the travel both ways, but I would like to visit them some day it would be fun. Lets figure a closer person that I talk to most days in San Diego. That would be a round trip of about 1100 miles, 17 hours with no stopping or traffic. Fuel would be $220-250.00, a motel while there food I eat anyway so a wash. Not to mention wear and tear on the vehicle. Ham Radio is a hobby and this radio is on the higher end price wise, just like phones you have a choice.

[@Mike_N6MST]

​@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures dang man, that's way more than I would have typed when responding to such an ignorant comment! I was the Flex booth at SEA-PAC today, I was on the fence between an 8400 and an IC-7610 but not any longer. I'm headed to 8400-land.

[@che59v]

Remember regardless of how expensive your radio is, the same idiots will be heard on them all, save your money and remember, Ham Radio is only a hobby.