Seems you were right about that, someone had already measured:
http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~zajio1am/texts2/eee901.html
Its the Eee 901 being measured there and thats the one I am using. Power
consumption seems very low (too low even?).
He claims the consumption is in the range of 5.6 to
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
Interesting subject, here is my portable setup:
http://twitpic.com/y37fm
Its an eee 901 pc, an FT-817ND and a soundcard interface. I have a much smaller
interface but I dont have a picture showing that.
With this setup I can work:
- PSKmail using jpskmail (PSK500 robust really flies) and
-
That's a nice wee setup you have there, I'd forgot about these little net
books.
Again as you say it's the sort of thing you could have in a disaster area or
expedition, even a 703 or 706 with gel cells in a small flight case with
perhaps even solar panels on the outside to trickle charge the
The point I was trying to make previously, is:
Especially for Emcomm teams that need to fly,
boat, or walk into a disaster zone... or simply
find themselves in one due to being at the wrong
place at the right time...
It is so much better to have as few external devices
and cabling attached
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
Indeed, that was one of the reasons I listed when getting an eee.
The PSU is 12 volts and 3 amps (36 watts), dont know how much less than that it
actually uses.
/Per
From: Simon HB9DRV simon.br...@kns.ch
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, January
I could measure it - but I'm sure it's 20 watts.
Simon Brown
http://sdr-radio.com
From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Per
Indeed, that was one of the reasons I listed when getting an eee.
The PSU is 12 volts and 3 amps (36 watts),
When I'm using solar cells?
Simon Brown
http://sdr-radio.com
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From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Don't forget the apparent power (kVA) that needs to be supplied to a
transformer.
DAve (G0DJA)
Russell Blair (NC5O) wrote:
ALE and Winmor and software for a PC, and power
to run all this. but the phone nets maybe slow
but all you need is a radio.
Hi Russell,
ALE does not need a computer for sending email or
calling other stations. There are many radios with
built in ALE.
Just a though, I am with you on the portable radio psk/rtty built in, that
would be fantastic. Say a little FT-817 or the 897 etc with a fold out
qwerty keyboard and display. Surely it wouldn't be hard to implement. I
think there are now software out for psk on a PDA which is about as compact
The problem is that if there are not enough of these radios (if built)
deployed world wide, the chance of one being in an impoverished country
and usable are quite small. At the end of the day in a dire emergency
CW, possibly AM and SSB are the only dependable modes. In places where
Hams are
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, w2xj w...@... wrote:
I truly believe it will be back to the
very basics. DHS seems to feel the same way based on the
money being spent on deployable HF SSB systems.
Hi W2XJ,
All the DHS radios have ALE.
Bonnie KQ6XA
True but their eggs are not in one basket. Also, DHS is in a better
position to use ALE compared to an ad hock arrangement. How much ALE
traffic has passed from Haiti? I know SSB is up but to an extremely
limited extent.
expeditionradio wrote:
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, w2xj
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
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