[Elecraft] new computer advice suggestions for using with a K3

[Peter Wollan]

Pignology has a wifi interface that makes an iPad feasible as a
logging/controlling computer.  There's a version of Rumlog for iPad, as
well as Pignology's Hamlog.  Android tablets reportedly work as well.

Peter W0LLN


On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:

> Please allow me to hijack this thread to ask about low power draw
> computers for use with the K3.
>
> Last field day I set up our club's digital station with a K3/10, SignaLink
> USB, and a MacBook Pro. The combination worked very well, but the MacBook
> Pro, connected through the Apple power adapter and a Radio Shack inverter
> drew 3 to 4 times as much power as all the rest of the system. I used the
> Elecraft USB <--> RS232 cable for rig control.
>
> So I am looking for a computer that runs on 12 volts and draws a minimum
> amount of current. It should be low noise and all those other good things
> as well. My OS preferences are in order: MacOS -- because I know it,
> flavors of Linux -- so I won't have to configure a Windows system and deal
> with Microsoft's license verification, and finally Windows.
>
> On the MacBook Pro I was running cocoaModem and RUMped. I expect on other
> OSes I will run fldigi and a contest logger to be names later.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Cheers - Bill, AE6JV
>
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