On 3/25/2018 1:37 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote:
Joe, I suspect you're selling the ham community short. While
'thrifty' (ok, most hams are just plain cheap but it IS a hobby in a
world of life issues) there is a LOT of computing power available in
the used market. One can pick up an I-5/6/7 for a pittance and memory
is dirt cheap.
Hi Rick,
Since Joe is the guy who answers customer support calls for the line of
products he distributes, I suspect that he may have a much more
realistic read on the computer power used by hams and how
"computer-savvy" we are. And I also suspect it's a fairly wide range in
both.
For years, I got away with 8-10 year old top-quality laptops (retired
from my small consulting biz) in my ham station, and to run SO2R RTTY, I
dedicated one to each radio. A few years ago, I bought a modern biz
laptop with a fast i7, and ever since I've run both radios from it. I
found that I DID need to add RAM to allow full bandwidth decodes of MSK144.
73, Jim K9YC
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