I have to agree about the laptop. If you do not need the laptop for other
reasons I would get a desktop. For less than 600 you can get a 1900 Mhz E
Machine at Sams Club running XP. This will be the basis for your sound card
operations and it will be MUCH better than the lap top. You could buy 2 or 3
desktops for the price of a laptop.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-admin@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-admin@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Tom Osborne
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 7:13 AM
> To: RTTY Contesting
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] A new computer
>
>
>
>
> BILL STRAW wrote:
> >
> > I need advice.
> > I am occasionally minimally active on RTTY, mainly
> > because the shack computer is a 486 25 mhz. I have a
> > BayPac modem using HammCom shareware, and the
> > limitations to contesting are obvious! (Our family's
> > nice computer is in my wife's office). For business
> > reasons I think I will be buying a laptop soon. If
> > I want to use this in the shack for RTTY what do I
> > need to think about? All I need is a soundcard and
> > Writelog? Are laptops generally RF proof? I am an
> > appliance operator and an appliance computer user.
> >
> > Thanks, Bill WB0O in North Dakota
>
>
> Hi Bill
>
> We have a laptop at work and I hate that stupid thing. The keys
> are so small, it's hard to type on it. I guess you could get a
> full sized keyboard to go with it. But the keys are sure tiny.
> 73
> Tom W7WHY
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