F5VJC wrote: > > Would anyone care to suggest a brief spec for a new PC to run all the > wonderful applications we have available to us? > > I have a K3 and do some fun contesting, with computer logging etc. > I want to build the LP-Pan and maybe play with CW Skimmer and whatever > else comes along. I'm no PC expert and I'm overdue due an upgrade so I > would appreciate some advice on a typical machine that would serve me > well for maybe a couple of years or more. > The only computers I use in the shack are ones that are too clapped out to do anything else. I still have one 10 year old Dell Pentium II 400MHz doing weather satellite reception. Most ham radio software is not particularly demanding though the controversial CW Skimmer needs quite a powerful CPU, apparently.
I now use Linux, and it just seems appropriate to me to be using an OS largely developed by amateur enthusiasts for amateur radio. (In fact, I have now converted all our home and office computers to Linux, as I loathe Vista and have no desire ever to use it.) However the choice of ham radio software available under Linux is quite limited compared to Windows, and it helps to be a bit of a computer techie to be able to overcome the various hurdles one usually encounters with Linux. ----- Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Shack-PC--tp15890493p15891182.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
