Hi Phil, It is a Stealth. I picked it up used at a flea market. Mine is an older model no longer supported, but it works really well. Perfect pairing for the KX3/PX3 due to its size and ability to run off of 12V.
https://www.stealth.com/littlepcs/fanless-mini-pcs/ regards, Brian VE3IBW On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Phil Wheeler <w...@socal.rr.com> wrote: > What sort of "small computer", Brian? > > Phil W7OX > > > On 6/23/16 4:31 PM, Brian Waterworth wrote: > >> In prep for field day, I decided to stage everything last night and also >> ran into the same problem as you describe. I re-seated all the cables. >> No >> effect. I turned on the rx shft on the kx3 and the nasty noise shifted >> away. Ok, that's good. But not what I wanted. >> >> I disconnected the USB acc1 cable from the small computer I was planning >> to >> take with me to FD and the noise vanished. Each of the computer, the kx3, >> px3, external power supply, external antenna tuner are all grounded to a >> common point. The exception is the monitor and fan (it's going to be hot >> :-). >> >> I connected the same setup using a raspberry pi instead of the small >> computer and no noise observed at the tuned frequency. Drat. >> >> So, I am thinking of buying a powered USB hub to try and isolate the USB >> acc1 cable plugged into the PX3. Seems as thought the small computer I >> was >> going to use is picking up the internal IF and bringing it back into the >> PX3, KX3 via the USB acc1 cable. >> >> regards, >> Brian >> VE3IBW >> >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Sanger, Joseph <joseph.san...@nyumc.org >> > >> wrote: >> >> I have developed a new problem with my PX3, which has been quietly sitting >>> in a case for the past 6 months. >>> >>> Whenever I tune across the display, there is a slowly rising spike at the >>> base frequency (for instance, in USB mode this spike adheres to the left >>> hand edge of the bandpass indicator on PX3 screeen), takes about 2-3 >>> seconds or so to increase in intensity, and then dwarfs any of the >>> signals >>> on the band. This spike tracks across as I tune; it is there whether or >>> not the antenna is connected. I can tune to stations and hear them fine, >>> but the display is barely usable because of this very tall spike that >>> won't >>> go away. I reseated my cables connecting the PX3 to KX3, with no change >>> in >>> behavior. I have no other cables here to swap them out, and am kind of >>> stuck >>> >>> I have updated b both KX3 and PX3 to latest firmware, with no change in >>> behavior. >>> >>> Any thoughts would be GREATLY appreciated. >>> >>> --Joe >>> --WB2SSB >>> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to brian.waterwo...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
