[Elecraft] What I need and meant

[Jim Brown]

On 6/30/2021 11:32 AM, Cameron wrote:
> This is all being made all too complicated.  The simple solution is to get
> a Microsoft Surface Tablet (running W10) that will be a similar form factor
> to an iPad, albeit running Windows.

Although I don't live in the Mac world, I'm told that there are decent 
logging programs for Ios. Dunno about iPad. Skookum Logger is one I've 
seen mentioned.

About five years ago, I bought a used X230 Thinkpad (the smallest and 
lightest weight in the family) for much younger guys to drag up a 3 mile 
trail that gained 1,000 ft elevation to activate very rare grid CM79. I 
also bought a high capacity battery for it as a spare. On several trips, 
they got most of a day out of it before needing to change the battery.

It's a very capable computer, and we've used it in several portable 
setups for contest logging, including FD last weekend (running N1MM+), 
but not on its own battery. On FD, we were 1A Battery at 5W, so we ran 
it from a DC-DC supply running from solar-charged 12V lead acid 
batteries. DC-DC converters are usually RF-noisy, but W6GJB found one 
that isn't.

73, Jim K9YC