[digitalradio] Netbook or Laptop better?

2010-02-15 Thread kd0ca
I run MultiPSK Ver 3.13 on a VERY old IBM ThinkPad running Win98 at 166 MHz. I'd like to get a newer, faster, better laptop. Is there any disadvantage to using a netbook as compared to an actual laptop notebook? 73 & Thanks, Jerry KDØCA Washington, IA

[digitalradio] Re: Netbook or Laptop better?

2010-02-17 Thread kd0ca
Thank you all who responded to me with concrete ideas and practical results to report about laptops vs netbooks. Looks like the laptop wins hands down. I'm really ready to get a newer laptop. Although this venerable old, old, IBM ThinkPad 380ED served me well for 8 years, it is time to move

[digitalradio] New Oliva "Standard" Forthcoming?

2006-02-15 Thread kd0ca
Some of my on-the-air contacts in Oliva show that a few people are now talking aobut a possible "standard" if we could call it that. They are saying the "preference" for Olivia mode is tending towards 500/8 for domestic QSO's with in continent, and 500/16 for DX QSO's. I have not seen anything on

[digitalradio] Re: MULTIPSK CW

2006-03-08 Thread kd0ca
You will need to look at the "modes" setup button, and you can tell the program to use only audio to the rig on CW, or you can select audio plus PTT (keying through RTS line) or just the PTT keying alone. If you have a transistor switch or optoisolator and switch in the RTS circuit, it will key th