Brett Kettle wrote:
This list recently reported the successes of John Wharington, Todd ?,
etc establishing an OZFLARM-based clubhouse display for finishing
gliders at Benalla. I’m looking to create something similar for the
DDSC ‘pie-cart’ (we now have 100% of the club fleet and all bar a
couple of stragglers in the private fleet OZFLARM-equipped). Cathy
Conway’s give me some useful antenna advice and I’m trying to find a
good display option.
Does anyone have any recommendations on a computer screen that will
still be clearly visible with bright sky behind the observer? LCD?
TFT? CRT? or another TLA?
My (limited - using a laptop mostly but also a PC/CRT on a few
occasions) experience is that flat screens are considerably to be
preferred in such conditions. With a flat screen one can usually find an
angle which minimises reflections whereas this is very hard to achieve
with a curved screen. With the addition of a shade, things improve
considerably.
An old(er) laptop would meet the needs - but newer ones have a brighter
screen and a wider viewing angle. With a laptop, you also open up the
possibility of linking into the wireless LAN which means the duty crew
would have access to the latest radar pictures, useful when storms are
around! With 12v solar power in the pie cart, we should be able to keep
things powered up for a day if we increase the collector area.
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Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au
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