I knew HP was horse power. I have an Hewlett Packard i7....6gb.....750gb
laptop. 500.00 here at best buy. CPU monitor has a max of 2% useage
George, W6GF
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> On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick@DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>
> GM George,
>
> I probably chose a bad acronym when I used "HP".
> I meant Horse Power.
> I think you mean Hewlett Packard.
>
> Do you happen to know the general specs of your computer off hand?
> Dual Core; ??GHz CPU? ; ?? GB Memory? ; Operating System?
>
> TNX
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of george
> fritkin via TenTec
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 6:07 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?
>
> In as much as low cost SDRs are so dependent on software and attached
> computer this is one area not to go one the cheap. I use SDR Console and a
> HP modestly priced (500.00) lap top. These in conjunction with the Funecube
> Pro+ make a wonderful combo with lots of horsepower left over George, W6GF
>
> On Friday, December 26, 2014 8:32 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP
> <Rick@DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>
>
> Good point, Pete.
> Yes, I'm sure you will need lots of HP to do all of that.
> It's just hard to understand how much HP we need for each different solution.
>
> That is why I only want to do the most basic thing, because my laptop is not
> the latest greatest and I do not intend to buy the latest greatest.
>
> There are plenty of servers available to supply spots and skimmer over telnet.
> Perhaps it's not quite as good as doing it from your own QTH, but it
> certainly is useful and it costs ZERO - albeit you need a fast computer to
> cope with all of the spots during a big contest.
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Bertini
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 4:58 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?
>
> I'm also interested in adding a spectrum display, but I'll be using a LP-Pan
> and a 192 kHz external sound card.
>
> I've read where others have used SDR receivers that allow monitoring several
> bands at once, and displaying activity using CW Slimmer and other software.
>
> One thing I have NOT seen mentioned, and I suspect it may be very important,
> is the horsepower behind the software. I have a few modest Dell Optiplex
> 755 Dual Core machines in the shack. I'm not sure these up are to the task
> of running NaP3, CW Skimmer and other associated programs (HRD,
> etc.) at the same time. Rick says he has a laptop. Unless it is the latest
> and greatest powerhouse, perhaps those limitations also need to be discussed.
> I'd certainly appreciate a reality check regarding the computing hardware
> needed to to this stuff.
>
> Pete k1zjh
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