Search String: Display: Description: Sort:

Results:

References: [ +subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*\[TenTec\]\s+New\s+Computer\s*$/: 6 ]

Total 6 documents matching your query.

1. [TenTec] New Computer (score: 1)
Author: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:39:21 -0700
Over the last 20 years, I've owned at least 6 different generations of T-series Thinkpads. All have been pretty well behaved with respect to RFI, but I do recall having a problem with weak signal wor
/archives//html/TenTec/2017-10/msg00132.html (10,167 bytes)

2. Re: [TenTec] New Computer (score: 1)
Author: "rick@dj0ip.de" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 22:36:19 +0200
I concur with Jim. The fear that Lenovo would fail to keep up the excellent product quality and service that IBM had with its ThinkPad line (luckily) proved unwarranted. IMO they are as good now as t
/archives//html/TenTec/2017-10/msg00137.html (12,180 bytes)

3. Re: [TenTec] New Computer (score: 1)
Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 16:54:03 -0500
I use a Lenovo Thinkpad 410 as my shack computer.  I maxed out the RAM to 8 gb.  I bought it from their off lease/refurb website.  I am now experimenting with using it with some digital modes on VHF,
/archives//html/TenTec/2017-10/msg00141.html (14,738 bytes)

4. Re: [TenTec] New Computer (score: 1)
Author: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 20:06:19 -0700
Yes, about half of the Thinkpads I've owned have been off-lease refurbs. They've already had 3 years of use, so I typically got 3-4 more. As to the desktop -- I might make the same decision as you IF
/archives//html/TenTec/2017-10/msg00148.html (9,473 bytes)

5. Re: [TenTec] New Computer (score: 1)
Author: "rick@dj0ip.de" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 09:48:59 +0100
BINGO Jim! (un)reliable power was the reason I switched from a desktop to a laptop in the mid 1990s. That was especially troublesome in contests. Once everything went Windows (meaning contest softwar
/archives//html/TenTec/2017-10/msg00149.html (11,889 bytes)

6. Re: [TenTec] New Computer (score: 1)
Author: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 10:37:26 -0700
I stuck with CT until WIN-TEST announced. I started contesting in 1956 or 57, all CW. It was paper logs and paper dupe sheets. As I went through life, I was on and off the air for decades at a time,
/archives//html/TenTec/2017-10/msg00153.html (13,750 bytes)


This search system is powered by Namazu