Don't forget you need a netbook with a serial port too. --- On Wed, 6/1/11, Forums <dzxyyk8...@sbcglobal.net> 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
