[OKDXA] FT8 and computer question

[John Geiger]

I don't think the "acting up" was due to FT8 and the number of stations to
decode.  It would randomly shut off on its own, due to some sort of
internal error.  That is why I reset it, I think there was a software issue
or registry issue, or something like that.  Haven't hooked that laptop back
up to FT8 yet since the other one seems to work so well. Might just turn it
into a Chromebook to use while traveling.

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 9:10 AM Mark Beckwith <dad at megansfamily.net> wrote:

> > It was acting up the other day
>
>
> If you did this during Field Day, there were substantially more
> accessible stations on the air to decode.  When did you actually notice
> this happening?  Is it still happening today?
>
> You have just read about all I know about the subject, but proud to be
> on the Board at WWROF where we were smart enough to establish the
> Worldwide Digi contest  :-)  I have actually gotten on the air and used
> the mode.
>
> 73 - Mark N5OT
>
>
> On 2021-06-27 1:50 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> > Since some of us use FT8 for DXing and VHF work, I thought maybe someone
> on
> > the list might have an answer to this question.  For the past 3 years I
> > have been running FT8 using WSJT-X on a Lenevo Thinkpad which uses an AMD
> > E1-7500 AMU processor running at 1.4GHZ and has 4GB of RAM.  It was
> acting
> > up the other day so I decided to do a full reset on it, wiping the hard
> > drive and reinstalling Windows 10.  This ended up taking a while so I
> > hooked up my other laptop to see what was going on on FT8.  It is a HP
> > Elitebook with an Intel I5-5300U processor running at 2.4GHZ and has 8 GB
> > of RAM.  I immediately noticed that the decoded lines filled up the
> screen
> > much quicker on the Elitebook.
> >
> > So, is having a faster, more powerful processor like the Intel I5 likely
> to
> > lead to more stations decoded on FT8 than I would get with the slower
> > processor?  I kind of prefer to take the Elitebook traveling with me, but
> > if it will lead to significantly better decoding, I will leave it in the
> > shack running remotely and take the Lenevo with me when traveling.
> >
> > 73 John AF5CC
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