[amsat-bb] Re: Netbooks

[myles landstein]

if you look  around  now  you can find   regular (by that i mean  no cellular contract etc  ... required)  netbooks for   200$$    got one  last  weekend at Staples






On Dec 3, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:

> Tony, 
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> I have been using an Aspire 1 netbook, it has a  1.6G CPU with 1G RAM and has 3 USB ports.  SatPC32 runs very well controlling an Icom 910. The cost was $299. 
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> 73, 
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> Dave KB1PVH
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "ANTHONY JAPHA" <tjjapha at earthlink.net>
> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:45:36 
> To: amsat-bb<amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Subject: [amsat-bb]  Netbooks
> 
> Hi All,
> Has anyone used SatPC32 with a netbook computer?  I'd appreciate your comments.  Which netbooks do best?  What ports do netbooks come with?
> 
> I just tried SatPC32 on AO-7 with an old Dell Inspiron 3800.  It works well controlling 2 FT-817s in the shack.  When outside, using a charged battery, it was very slow.  I had to restart SatPC32 a couple of times, and, as a result, lost at least 2 QSOs with Europe.  Maybe it's time for a change.
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> Tnx and 73,
> Tony, N2UN
> LM 183
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