[Elecraft] Please recommend an HD monitor to use with P3SVGA

[Jim Brown]

On Mon,7/4/2016 2:27 AM, Mike K2MK wrote:
> The problem with recommending a model number is that within a year of
> purchasing a monitor it is usually superceded by a different model.

Yes. A year or two ago, I discovered a 24-in Samsung at Costco that runs 
from a nominal 14VDC wall wart. It's an SMPS and noisy, but because it's 
14VDC, it's easy to replace with a 12VDC linear wall wart or run from 
your shack 12-14VDC power supply. To figure out what power the monitor 
requires, study their spec sheet carefully and also blown-up photos of 
the rear panel (you may need to get to the mfr website).

> With two large monitors on a desk it's also worth considering adjustable
> monitor support arms. They let you situate the monitors for best viewing
> heights and angles without taking up valuable desk surface for your
> equipment.

More great advice. I've found mounts like this at amazon. A double-arm 
mount that clamps onto a horizontal surface and places monitors 
side-by-side cost me about $70; another that places one above the other 
about the same price. And there's a company called "monoprice" that 
sells a single arm for about $50.

The tricky part about using these mounts is that they are designed to be 
used with a monitor that accepts a VESA mounting plate. Not all monitors 
have that (four screw threads at a certain spacing), but there's also a 
"garage" operation that makes mounts that retrofit some models of 
Samsung monitors. All found on the internet.

Another issue in choosing a monitor is RFI, which can be from the SMPS 
wall wart, AND from the monitor itself. W4UAT gave me a different 
Samsung model that had touch controls that had awful RFI problems -- his 
TX made the monitor go huts, and it put out lots of RF noise that I 
could not kill.

The Samsung monitors I bought are not completely clean, but can be made 
clean enough that I can't hear them in my antennas by choking their 
video and power cables.

73, Jim K9YC