In my mind it will open up development to the wider community. With a large chunk of the radio defined in software it allows experimentation that is harder to achieve with electronics and component parts. The majority of users purchase a black box that does everything already - I am quite excited by the idea of buying a radio frontend that can be developed by the community in software. - Ben

FlexRadio seem to be working hard on supporting Linux. Will have to save my pennies so I can give it a try. They have made the right move making their PowerSDR software open source. - Ben

Is cost of a FlexRadio System prohibitive? An entry level SDR is nearly $3,000 dollars unlike a $500 to $1000 transceiver. I'm curious what the market share is for entry-level radios manufactured by Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood, and Elecraft? Interestingly, TenTec offers an SDR in its Argonaut but its output is 25-watts. Why a low-power, nearly QRP type SDR? And I didn't find a price tag on the Argonaut at TenTec as well. - ka3drr

FlexRadio Systems announced Flex-1500 [500mW to 1W] at $499 and Flex-3000 [100W] at $1499 introductory. Nothing like this on the ham radio market or compares. Will Flex-1500 be the flagship SDR leading NexGen ham radio operators? - ka3drr

I negotiated with my wife to get myself a flex-3000 for xmas... - Charlieray

I was told that the Flex-1500 has a small footprint and is in a metal extrusion type case. Source was at Orlando Hamcation - David Billsbrough

$579.00 -- Price jump on the Flex-1500 -- http://www.flex-radio.com/Product... - David Billsbrough