Outside of netbooks, the iPad supports real time sdr operation with the "iSDR' app.
73, Eric WA6HHQ www.elecraft.com On 6/1/2011 2:07 PM, Forums wrote: > A while back Wayne suggested using a netbook with the KX3 to log and run > SDR software. Someone else –I don’t remember who - warned that most net > books don’t have stereo mic inputs. I looked for a light cheap laptop with > stereo inputs. I checked a couple of dozen from Asus, hp, Lenovo, and > Toshiba. No netbook that I can find has stereo inputs. All, of course have > stereo outputs. > > In fact, I can’t find any current production laptop that has stereo inputs > except the Apple MacBook series and it doesn’t run windows natively, though > there are a couple of hypervisor solutions. There are hundreds of models and > I didn’t check every one but did check 25 or 30. I did call Dell and hp and > ask them. There may be some and if there are I would love to know a brand and > model. > > My next thought was so called USB sound cards. On the high end (price of a > netbook and size of a KX3) there are lots of choices. There seem to be a > number of Altoids tin sized USB “sound cards” some have stereo mic and / or > line inputs and some don’t. Almost all the external devices emphasize the > output functions and are skimpy on the input specs. > > I guess this is a long winded way of asking if during development and field > test some thought could be given to a light weight package in the spirt of > the KX3 itself that is tested and known to work. I would see this as KX3, > netbook, and "a small USB sound card." Alternatively, if there is a > reasonably priced light laptop with the requisite capabilities that would be > fine too. > > 73 John N6MNX > > John Fogarty > john.foga...@sbcglobal.net > > Us Mobile 001 310 994 4625 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
