Well of course you could if you have enough extra power to keep it charged. Then you could also run the Airmail software too.
My notebook charges at 20v at 3.2A which probably means it is drawing 100W continuously while charging. I imagine a netbook charger is about the same. When I use the FT-817 from solar/gel cell charging the notebook as well proves too much and drains the cell too quickly hence the reason for the WP-2. 73 K7TMG --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "aa777888athotmaildotcom" <aa777...@...> wrote: > > This sounds fairly complex. Why not just use a netbook? Volume-wise it's > about the same if not better after all the cables and "terminals" are > considered and if you have enough power to run digital (high duty cycle) on > the radio you have enough for the netbook. > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "sholtofish" <sholto@> wrote: > > > > > > There is the NUE-PSK device which now supports RTTY in addition to PSK31. > > You still need a keyboard however. > > > > In my opinion a better device is the Kantronics KAM XL or SCS PTC II. > > > > The Kantronics is much cheaper than the SCS and offers some features even > > the Pactor-II/III modems don't. > > > > A used KAM XL is a good investment because it is flash upgradable via a > > free download on Kantronics website - no messing with expensive ROMs. > > > > It offers (via a terminal) PSK-31, RTTY, ASCII, Pactor-1, AMTOR & G-TOR in > > addition to it being a dual port Packet switch (up to 9K6). > > > > It's perfectly possible to run a "TheNet" compatible node at the same time > > as a multiuser BBS with 480KB of non volatile storage. It is basically a > > BBS/Node in a box that only consumes about 120mA at 12v. > > > > You can also link the ports to provide VHF<>HF switching. It also has a RTC > > chip so you don't have to remember to set the date every time you boot up > > which is important for message handling. > > > > If you couple this with a cheap serial terminal - perhaps the Tandy WP-2 > > "wordprocessor" which provides an 80 column lcd display and can happily run > > on a couple of AA cells for days (available on eBay for peanuts) then you > > have a real low power system which is very usable. > > > > You could run a traffic BBS on VHF and a Pactor-1 (or better yet G-Tor) > > link on HF. > > > > The PSK31 takes a little getting used to if you normally use a waterfall > > but it is a very sensitive implementation and works very well. > > > > I believe the SCS modems have a multiuser BBS too and of course Pactor-II > > and Pactor-III if you can afford it but that is the real catch, these > > things run around $1000 or more even second hand. > > > > You can often find a KAM XL for around $250-$350 on eBay. A radio cable > > from Buxcomm is about $25. > > > > 73 > > > > Sholto > > K7TMG > > >
