![]() The latest firmware update early 2023 seems to have largely addressed this flaw and has made significant improvements to my ability to receive weak signals on a noisy band. I edited this review March 23 because I had previously commented that I had a significant ‘frying’ noise on RX which I never get on my IC7851 (or other radios I have used). Another plus is that I really like the SmartSDR for Mac. The plusses are that I find it easy to use now (although I now realise that I would have been better served by the basic 6400 because I never use and never will use the knobs and buttons on the radio). It was, for me a fairly steep learning curve. Being completely new to remote operation and SmartSDR I found that 'getting under the skin' of the Flex 6400M/SmartSDR took some time. I bought the Flex 6400M and Flex PGXL amplifier specifically because I wanted a remote station that I could operate from my Mac using SmartSDR using Mac OS. Guess I'll sit down and make my list of pro's and con's and see where I end up. I'm in the market for a new rig and I'm really questioning if I should stay with Flex. ![]() Would I buy it again? I'm not sure at this point. This is getting to be very frustrating and Flex Radio's credibility is deminishing in my opinion. They haven't introduced any new features in years. They are very slow to fix software/firmware issues and the fixes seem to introduce more new issues. Their motto is New Software = New Radio, but they don't live up to the hype. Owners are constantly providing a wish list of performance improvements to Flex, but they don't seem interested in improving the product. There is so much that this SDR platform should be capabible of, but it isn't. I don't feel this radio is working to its full potential due to Flex Radio concentrating its resources on non-amateur contracts. Then you have to wait for the next firmware update which takes a lot of time. Tech support is very prompt and good, unless it turns out to be a Flex software issue. SSDR is a real pleasure to use and the display is excellent. It can not be beat in terms of easy remoteability. This radio is one of the best I've owned and it is full featured. ![]() I've had my Flex 6400M since 2018 and I love its overall performance. ![]()
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