- 1. [RFI] RF Quiet Laptop for Mobile Console? (score: 1)
- Author: doc <kd4e@verizon.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 13:12:59 -0500
- Can anyone recommend a laptop for this context? 1. Sitting on top of a metal box that will house HF & VHF-UHF gear as well as a scanner. (must not radiate tons of RF noise) 2. Mobile in a van that wi
- /archives//html/RFI/2006-05/msg00024.html (6,817 bytes)
- 2. Re: [RFI] RF Quiet Laptop for Mobile Console? (score: 1)
- Author: doc <kd4e@verizon.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 19:49:55 -0500
- Thank you for that report Fred. You said you used a dc-dc converter, so the native voltage for the Dell is something other than 12vdc? Perhaps 16 or 19 or 24 vdc or something? Some of the dc-dc conv
- /archives//html/RFI/2006-05/msg00025.html (9,130 bytes)
- 3. Re: [RFI] RF Quiet Laptop for Mobile Console? (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Stevens K2FRD <k2frd@mac.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 16:46:58 -0700
- Doc, I have two laptops I use for ham radio purposes: a Mac iBook 900 and an older Dell Latitude 300 (runs Windows 98). Although my Mac is online via a portable satellite internet system (Hughes ne D
- /archives//html/RFI/2006-05/msg00026.html (9,106 bytes)
- 4. Re: [RFI] RF Quiet Laptop for Mobile Console? (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Stevens K2FRD <k2frd@mac.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 18:07:37 -0700
- The Dell works off 20vdc while I *think* my Mac iBook is a nominal 16v. I use the Dell dc-dc adaptor/converter made specifically by Dell for Dell Latitudes; found it on eBay for about $15. I suppose
- /archives//html/RFI/2006-05/msg00027.html (9,132 bytes)
- 5. Re: [RFI] RF Quiet Laptop for Mobile Console? (score: 1)
- Author: Cortland Richmond <ka5s@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 04:44:27 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
- Not long ago, I tried running digital modes using a KAM-XL hooked up to a Fujitsu P5020 "Lifebook" laptop. This actually worked well -- quieter than my e-Machines T2642 -- until I hooked up a power s
- /archives//html/RFI/2006-05/msg00029.html (10,410 bytes)
- 6. Re: [RFI] RF Quiet Laptop for Mobile Console? (score: 1)
- Author: doc <kd4e@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 08:50:06 -0500
- Thank you for that report! I am looking at the purchase of a Black & Decker cordless trimmer. It uses rechargeable 18v batteries and comes with two of them. I believe that most laptops will happily
- /archives//html/RFI/2006-05/msg00030.html (9,710 bytes)
- 7. Re: [RFI] RF Quiet Laptop for Mobile Console? (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Stevens K2FRD <k2frd@mac.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 19:01:02 -0700
- Most decent-sized RV suppliers either stock solar/wind charger controllers or can easily order them. Solar panels, per se don't normally come equipped with internal controllers. As a fulltime RVer, I
- /archives//html/RFI/2006-05/msg00031.html (8,256 bytes)
- 8. Re: [RFI] RF Quiet Laptop for Mobile Console? (score: 1)
- Author: "Kyle Chavis" <wa4pgm@nelsoncable.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 07:47:53 -0400
- I use "IGO Juice" in the mobile for my laptop and it's quiet with no hash noise at all. Purchased mine at Radio Shack a couple years ago and have been very happy. 73, Kyle Can anyone recommend a lapt
- /archives//html/RFI/2006-05/msg00032.html (8,816 bytes)
- 9. Re: [RFI] RF Quiet Laptop for Mobile Console? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 07:51:40 -0700
- Most ham gear is shielded, and radiates little RF trash. It's the antennas that have the potential for problems. My IBM T22 and T41 work quite nicely from a Targus 12v universal power supply that I b
- /archives//html/RFI/2006-05/msg00033.html (10,402 bytes)
- 10. Re: [RFI] RF Quiet Laptop for Mobile Console? (score: 1)
- Author: doc <kd4e@verizon.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 10:58:11 -0500
- Thank you thank you! That is wonderfully helpful information! I have saved and printed it for future reference. I hope that many others are helped by it as well. doc -- Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e http://
- /archives//html/RFI/2006-05/msg00034.html (11,529 bytes)
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