[Elecraft] Bad Assumptions

[Jim Lowman]

I'm actually old enough to get the Maynard G. Krebs reference. :-(

I retired from a software development position in IT after 30+ years.
During that time, I was a programmer, systems analyst, database 
administrator and a systems programmer on IBM mainframes.
I was also very active in getting my organization to embrace the PC 
platform.

Until recently, I always bought the latest and greatest PCs from Gateway 
and Dell.
Usually they were more powerful than the ones in my office.

Having an electronics background as well as a computer science 
background, I've been fascinated with applications of computers to ham 
radio.
At first it was simply logging contacts, but now I'm constantly looking 
into interfacing the radios with the computer.

Now, the only thing remaining is to separate myself from the computer 
and time-wasters like Facebook, so that I can spend more time on the air.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 2/16/2015 6:43 PM, Kevin wrote:
> I actively keep a computer out of my shack for one reason: it would be 
> too much like WORK!  (Use your Maynard G. Krebs voice here)  I am in 
> front of a computer all my working day I don't intend to let work 
> invade my hobby.  I drag a laptop into the shack to upgrade my K3's 
> firmware every few years.  I also use it to log my FD contacts. Other 
> than that the computer is not allowed in the shack.  I purchased my K3 
> because it sounded like a good idea after using my K2 for so many 
> years.  I could blame Lisa for my purchase but she is far too nice to 
> be used as an excuse :)
>    73,
>         Kevin.   KD5ONS