[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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