Fellow DXers:
Fixing to finally upgrade the shack with a logging and spotting, RTTY, PSK31
etc. PC.
Any suggestions what I need to look for as far as extras, like a video card,
etc?
My experience has been mainly with PCs and laptops that do word processing and
similar type work attached to a
At 08:21 AM 5/7/2009, Tom Anderson wrote:
>Any suggestions what I need to look for as far as extras, like a video
>card, etc?
I would go to your local computer shop--the neighborhood type who
will build you what you want from scratch.
Tell they you want a fairly fast machine (2+GHz) with a rea
A dual-core CPU is worthwhile for amateur ops; as Gerry says, Windows will
exploit it, so you end up with Windows running on one core and your
applications sharing the other. RAM is inexpensive these days, and is often
the bottleneck on performance when running multiple applications.
Multi-tabbed w
And if you DO decide to build a system from scratch, don't buy Windows
at your local big box store. Find an OEM copy on the 'net and you'll
save many bucks. I have been buying mine from newegg.com, which is
also a good source of components.
One of the PC magazines (maybe PC World) occasionally h
Logger 32 runs fine on a 800Mhz PIII running XP. Doesn't take much
horsepower to run a logger, spotter, and keying machine along with casual
web browsing. I paid $50 for the PC.
John K5MO
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You might find that you don't have quite enough horsepower to run a full set of
L32 applications and digital modes.
Gerry VE6LB
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Check the thrift shops and such as well.
I'm serious. My company just donated ~100 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 machines to
Goodwill and one of the local YMCA's. The machines are going to be cleaned,
fixed up (most are OK, a few need some TLC... like the one I dropped during
the move, oops) and then sold t
