[CQ-Contest] Field Day - Laptop Power Consumption

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In a message dated 6/21/04 7:51:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
btippett at alum.mit.edu writes:
>>Do any of you folks have experience running
a laptop from battery power via an inverter? <<


For portable, mobileand low power situations I use old IBM ThinkPad that runs 
of 12V and has B/W screen visible in a daylight. I use TRlog in DOS mode with 
power savings (HD) enabled - lowest possible power consuming notebook. There 
are plenty of them around and cheap. (I have some old Toshiba notes laying 
around.)

Using inverter and AC supply adds unnecessary power drain and consumption.

Yuri,
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