[K3CAL] A UPS for Field Day & More Extension Cords?

[WA4PRR]

Shawn,  do we plan to use a PC for a central server?  The LAN hub we used last year is at Mt. Hope.  My laptop has a dead wireless card...I'm working on it.  73, 
Ron / WA4PRR - Sent from my iPad

> On Jun 16, 2016, at 12:56 PM, N3AE <n3ae at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I stopped at Mt Hope yesterday and put the latest FD logging software on the two laptops there.   Already have it on the laptop I plan to bring.
> 
> But ... ALL THREE laptops have marginal/dead batteries.  One is so dead that you have to enter the date/time in BIOS on every power-up.
> 
> So if anyone has a UPS capable of running at least three laptops, that would be a great addition to the FD plans.   Otherwise we'll be hassling with computer reboots/config/networking whenever the AC power drops;   [  that never happens on FD  ;-)  ]
> 
> Alternatively, if we have a power outlet in the pavilion, we could power all the computers off of SMECO's AC main.   I think the rules only require that the radios be fed by emergency power for our planned class of operation.
> 
> In either case, more extension cords will be needed.
> 
> Shawn
> N3AE
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