I just bought an ASUS EeePC 1000HE. Haven't tried to use it on digital modes yet, but using it for general computer stuff, it seems to be plenty adequate. It also comes with a 9-hour, 6-cell battery, so it will run for a long time. The 1000HE is a little bigger, has a 160MB hard drive, and a slightly faster processor than the 901. It is currently the top rated netbook. FWIW. Dick - W6CCD
-----Original Message----- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of J. Moen Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:22 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Has anyone tried the ASuS EEE pc 901? That is a good price. I wonder if it has enough computer power for some of the powerful digital mode programs. That approach gives you the most versatility, but I'm going a different way for PSK field work -- the NUE-PSK digital modem. It has it's own LCD screen and processor with software for PSK and a few other modes in the firmware. It draws 60 ma without backlight, 80 ma with, so it will give many hours of QRP PSK using a small battery for it and my 817. The curent sale price is $150 kit, $200 assembled from http://www.nue-psk.com/. But a real PC like a Netbook would allow a lot of other portable activity, but without quite as much time betore the batteries run down. Jim - K6XZ
