[WriteLog] Solid State Drive

Mon Mar 11 20:17:32 EDT 2013

Thanks to all for suggestions and comments. Got it built, now needs guy
wires or straps to hold it down...it's fast. I never realized how long it
takes for the hard drives to boot up. Now I am loading, and loading
software.

Again, Tnx es 73s, Grant W5XB

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   1. Solid State Drive ? (W5XB)
   2. Re: Solid State Drive ? (Richard Thorne)
   3. Re: Solid State Drive ? (Joe Subich, W4TV)
   4. Re: Solid State Drive ? (Steve AI9T)
   5. W7ZRC (David Strout)
   6. WriteLog and SteppIR (David Strout)
   7. Wanted: W5XD Multi-Keyer (Randy Thompson K5ZD)
   8. Re: WriteLog and SteppIR (Joe Subich, W4TV)
   9. Re: WriteLog and SteppIR (Don AA5AU)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 20:20:42 -0500
From: "W5XB" <w5xb at att.net>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Subject: [WriteLog] Solid State Drive ?
Message-ID: <8F5A5EB2616C42A8B78E6132821D5C86 at GrantPC>
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Building a new ham radio computer.

Planning on a faster I5 CPU. That's a 4 core and since I am not crunching
huge bunches of numbers, it will be fast enough. 

The supplier suggested another way to speed things up: use a solid state
drive since I don't need a large drive. At about $1 a gigabyte, it seems a
good a good choice.

Is anyone using an SSD? I am guessing the flash memory is not bothered by
the presence of high RF energy, but I am not sure...so I am asking.

73s, Grant W5XB

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:34:45 -0600
From: Richard Thorne <rthorne at rthorne.net>
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Solid State Drive ?
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Grant,

I have a new pc with an I7 processor, 8g of memory and a 256g ssd. The 
pc takes a little less than 20 seconds to boot up which is real nice.  
I'm sure every thing else runs faster, but the most noticeable 
improvement is the boot up speed.

Rich - N5ZC

On 3/5/2013 7:20 PM, W5XB wrote:
> Building a new ham radio computer.
>
> Planning on a faster I5 CPU. That's a 4 core and since I am not crunching
> huge bunches of numbers, it will be fast enough.
>
> The supplier suggested another way to speed things up: use a solid state
> drive since I don't need a large drive. At about $1 a gigabyte, it seems a
> good a good choice.
>
> Is anyone using an SSD? I am guessing the flash memory is not bothered by
> the presence of high RF energy, but I am not sure...so I am asking.
>
> 73s, Grant W5XB
>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:29:55 -0500
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Solid State Drive ?
Message-ID: <5136AA23.4050300 at subich.com>
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Yes, I've migrated both of my old systems to SSD and it makes a
significant difference in boot times as well as response when
dealing with large logs.

The other thing you can do to maximize performance in a new system
is install as much primary RAM as you can afford (and use a 64 bit
operating system).  16 GB is not "too large" as it will keep swapping
to disk to an absolute minimum unless your programs are complete
memory hogs.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV

On 3/5/2013 8:20 PM, W5XB wrote:
> Building a new ham radio computer.
>
> Planning on a faster I5 CPU. That's a 4 core and since I am not crunching
> huge bunches of numbers, it will be fast enough.
>
> The supplier suggested another way to speed things up: use a solid state
> drive since I don't need a large drive. At about $1 a gigabyte, it seems a
> good a good choice.
>
> Is anyone using an SSD? I am guessing the flash memory is not bothered by
> the presence of high RF energy, but I am not sure...so I am asking.
>
> 73s, Grant W5XB
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> WriteLog mailing list
> WriteLog at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog
> WriteLog on the web:  http://www.writelog.com/
>

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:32:05 -0500
From: Steve AI9T <steve at ai9t.com>
To: writelog at contesting.com, w5xb at att.net
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Solid State Drive ?
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I'm using aOCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC 
Internal Solid State Drive (SSD). It has been working really well for 
me. I also have a 500 GB drive for a storage location of my Documents 
and Program Install Files.

Also using a i5 3570k processor 8 GB of Ram

I have been very happy with this setup. Boots in about 15 seconds

Bought everything at Newegg

-- 
73

Steve AI9T

http://www.ai9t.com

AI9T DX Cluster

Version 4 AI9T   Telnet: dxc.ai9t.com port 7300
Version 6 AI9T-2 Telnet: dxc.ai9t.com port 7373 (CW + Skimmer)

On 3/5/2013 8:20 PM, W5XB wrote:
> Building a new ham radio computer.
>
> Planning on a faster I5 CPU. That's a 4 core and since I am not crunching
> huge bunches of numbers, it will be fast enough.
>
> The supplier suggested another way to speed things up: use a solid state
> drive since I don't need a large drive. At about $1 a gigabyte, it seems a
> good a good choice.
>
> Is anyone using an SSD? I am guessing the flash memory is not bothered by
> the presence of high RF energy, but I am not sure...so I am asking.
>
> 73s, Grant W5XB
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> WriteLog mailing list
> WriteLog at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog
> WriteLog on the web:  http://www.writelog.com/
>

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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:09:53 -0000
From: "David Strout" <djsatty at comcast.net>
To: <WriteLog at contesting.com>
Subject: [WriteLog] W7ZRC
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Rod, ur email addys bounce.
Pse contact me at djsatty at comcast.net
re: W5XD keyer kit.
73, Dave, W2YC

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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:15:20 -0000
From: "David Strout" <djsatty at comcast.net>
To: "WriteLog" <WriteLog at contesting.com>
Cc: WA2TML <colabrese at comcast.net>
Subject: [WriteLog] WriteLog and SteppIR
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Setup: WinXP; WriteLog, SteppIR Monstr
Is there some way to get WriteLog to use the split freq (VFO B) for transmit

when split is set?  At present,
in contests on 40M, I have to set the SteppIR control to manual to select 
the freq when in split and the xmit stn is received on VFO A.  Tnx
Dave, W2YC 

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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:17:45 -0000
From: "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd at charter.net>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Subject: [WriteLog] Wanted: W5XD Multi-Keyer
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My W5XD keyer is suffering from a near lightning hit.  Looking for a
replacement.  Send me condition, serial number and price.  Will buy 2 of
them if I can find them.  Prefer higher serial numbers (>300).

Randy, K5ZD

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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:00:16 -0500
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog and SteppIR
Message-ID: <51374BF0.9030501 at subich.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

On 3/6/2013 8:15 AM, David Strout wrote:
 > Setup: WinXP; WriteLog, SteppIR Monstr
 > Is there some way to get WriteLog to use the split freq (VFO B) for
 > transmit when split is set?

I do not know that WriteLog sends any data to SteppIR - in most cases
SteppIR is simply listening to data coming back to the logging software
from the rig.  SteppIR's controls are designed to read the VFO A data
on the serial line and does not attempt to decode "split" status.  The
issue is also complicated by rigs like the Icom that do not even report
the split status or "transmit" frequency other than when in transmit.

Some years back N8LP had a software solution that read the data and
provided direct SteppIR control.  microHAM have some capabilities to
generate either direct SteppIR control or provide independent Icom
compatible data in microKEYER II (CAT/Sound card interface) and
Station Master (Band Decoder).  However, both the software and hardware
approaches are add on solutions.

73,

   ... Joe Subich, W4TV
       microHAM America
       http://www.microHAM-USA.com
       http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM

       e-mail: info at microHAM-USA.com

On 3/6/2013 8:15 AM, David Strout wrote:
> Setup: WinXP; WriteLog, SteppIR Monstr
> Is there some way to get WriteLog to use the split freq (VFO B) for
> transmit when split is set?  At present,
> in contests on 40M, I have to set the SteppIR control to manual to
> select the freq when in split and the xmit stn is received on VFO A.  Tnx
> Dave, W2YC
>
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 06:33:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Don AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
To: WriteLog <WriteLog at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog and SteppIR
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Dave, I also put my SteppIR in manual mode with operating split when the
split in frequency causes the antenna to tune.

I don't think there's anything you can do about it.

73, Don AA5AU

>________________________________
> From: David Strout <djsatty at comcast.net>
>To: WriteLog <WriteLog at contesting.com> 
>Cc: WA2TML <colabrese at comcast.net> 
>Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 7:15 AM
>Subject: [WriteLog] WriteLog and SteppIR
> 
>Setup: WinXP; WriteLog, SteppIR Monstr
>Is there some way to get WriteLog to use the split freq (VFO B) for
transmit when split is set?? At present,
>in contests on 40M, I have to set the SteppIR control to manual to select
the freq when in split and the xmit stn is received on VFO A.? Tnx
>Dave, W2YC 
>
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