I fancy using the K3 on field days and mini-dxpeditions. I also fancy the
new line of small Asus computers which come with Linux installed. They have
no hard drive therefore run longer on a standard battery. It has a set of
drivers for Windoze applications should I wish to install at a later date,
but someone once said there is an emulator for running Windoze applications
which therefore does not require a licence from Bill; someone might be able
to comment on that.
They come with Connectors: 3 USB 2.0 ports, MMC/SD (HC) card reader,
Ethernet port,
Here are some links
Asus Eee PC, the 4GB version. 1024MB of Ram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=veriton
In answer to Doug KR2Q appeal for more info on the same subject, he was
advised that a dual core cpu was a better investment over Pentium but the
software has to be able to take advantage of the dual power.
Then, again I like what Julian says about using old computers.
David
G3UNA
Julian, G4ILO said
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.
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Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392
G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com
Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf
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