[Elecraft] NG7M / 2 Videos on FSK RTTY timings generated with EXTFSK/64 on new and older PC's via USB FTDI Com Ports
Jim Brown
jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Sun Mar 25 18:26:37 EDT 2018
On 3/25/2018 1:37 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote:
> Joe, I suspect you're selling the ham community short. While
> 'thrifty' (ok, most hams are just plain cheap but it IS a hobby in a
> world of life issues) there is a LOT of computing power available in
> the used market. One can pick up an I-5/6/7 for a pittance and memory
> is dirt cheap.
Hi Rick,
Since Joe is the guy who answers customer support calls for the line of
products he distributes, I suspect that he may have a much more
realistic read on the computer power used by hams and how
"computer-savvy" we are. And I also suspect it's a fairly wide range in
both.
For years, I got away with 8-10 year old top-quality laptops (retired
from my small consulting biz) in my ham station, and to run SO2R RTTY, I
dedicated one to each radio. A few years ago, I bought a modern biz
laptop with a fast i7, and ever since I've run both radios from it. I
found that I DID need to add RAM to allow full bandwidth decodes of MSK144.
73, Jim K9YC
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