Several times a year the XYL (N8FPA) and I go car camping and I have been considering getting a QRP rig for use on the road.
The rig that I have mainly considering is the FT-817 and getting a NUE-PSK modem to use with it for CW and PSK31. I really like the FT-817 as I could charge the external batteries that I have (2 Quantum Ham Batteries) from a solar panels. However the Flex-1500 has a lot more capability as it runs PowerSDR and I have been using a Flex-5000 for years and cannot imagine not having a waterfall to see activity. So my question is there a decent low cost, low current drain currently available laptop that you would suggest to use with a 1500? Is there an easy way to charge one with solar panels? For comparison a fully loaded FT-817 and NUE-PSK is $1400 and a Flex-1500 is $700. I figure that I could spend $500 for a low drain laptop and get a lot more capability. Any suggestions will be most appreciated. 73 Zack Schindlder N8FNR _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
