[CQ-Contest] Size of Dual Monitors

[Rudy Bakalov]

Dick, I use 3 monitors, 2 x 24 and 1 x 20".  As I do RTTY, I run n1mm with 4 parallel decoders per radio and the decoders to take space.

The third monitor runs real time propagation modeling via DX Atlas + HamCap + IonoProbe along with a browser showing cqcontest.ru for realtime contest scoring.

Rudy N2WQ

Sent using a tiny keyboard.  Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect.


> On Mar 17, 2014, at 4:29 AM, Dick Flanagan <dick at k7vc.com> wrote:
> 
> I need help from the Masters.
> 
> I am in the planning stages of a SO2R station.  The center piece will be the two radios and two LED computer displays above the radios.  The displays will be side-by-side and supporting all of the contesting/logging/propagation windows driven by one central contesting computer.  I could be talked into having two computers--one for each display--but I would appreciate if that discussion were held another day.
> 
> Today I am looking for assistance in choosing the proper LED display terminals. What is the optimal size of these monitors?  They can be long and skinny or basically square.  Has experience shown that one particular screen size and/or aspect radio to be better than another in this application?  I am partial to Samsung, but I can be talked out of that too if appropriate.
> 
> The displays will be mounted above the radios slightly above eye level with their fronts basically even with the front panel of the radios.  No wall-mounted monitors here.
> 
> Once the displays are chosen, then possible we can wander off into the one vs. two computer forest.
> 
> So those of you with two terminals displays, let us know what you hate about them, what you love, what you would do different.  Help me avoid the mistakes I am destined to make without your help.
> 
> Needless to say, Thank YOU!
> 
> --
> Dick Flanagan K7VC
> dick at k7vc.com
> 
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