[CQ-Contest] Fwd: Laptops for mobile....

[Jim Brown]

FYI

73, Jim K9YC

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Subject: 	Re: [CQ-Contest] Laptops for mobile....
Date: 	Sat, 29 May 2021 08:19:28 -0700
From: 	Glen Brown <210glen at gmail.com>
To: 	Jim Brown <k9yc at arrl.net>




Not too cheap, but does a good job and I don't see any noise.  ...
https://www.mini-box.com/M2-ATX-160w-Intelligent-Automotive-DC-DC-Power-Supply 
<https://www.mini-box.com/M2-ATX-160w-Intelligent-Automotive-DC-DC-Power-Supply>



On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 10:48 AM Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com 
<mailto:k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>> wrote:

     What's that DC/AC unit you found?

     Jim

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     Subject: [CQ-Contest] Laptops for mobile....
     Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 10:23:53 -0700
     From: Michael Dinkelman <mwdink at gmail.com <mailto:mwdink at gmail.com>>
     To: cq-contest at contesting.com <mailto:cq-contest at contesting.com>

     This is about contesting...  mobile contesting

     The laptop I use for mobile is nearing its end after about 10 years
     of general use  and mobile. Now just mobile as I didn't care about
     OS  (it's WIN8) as long as it ran N1MM+. But it has become
     unreliable even after full factory resets.

     My main laptop, a high powered workstation is great, but not so 
good for
     mobile. It doesn't have a mobile supply for vehicle use and while I
     have
     tried
     quiet inverters, the real noise from battery charging seems to be
     internal  to
     the laptop.

     It would be good to find a reliable laptop that can run off vehicle
     power (even with a dedicated
     accessory supply). It doesn't need to be a workhorse and cheaper would
     be great. It just
     needs to run N1MM+ and not generate  RF on it's own. Unfortunately,
     cheaper may mean less
     RF suppression and susceptibility. I'd appreciate comments from folks
     who actually run laptops mobile.
     (I can look at specs all day on the web but that  doesn't tell you much
     until you turn it on in
     a vehicle.)

     cheers
     dink, n7wa


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