I don't mind at all. And I hope the thread continues! It's interesting!
I'm running an Icom IC-746 (non-Pro) through a RIGblaster interface, into a Butternut HF9V ground mount vertical for 40 thru 10, and a double-sized G5RV at 35 feet for 80 and 160. My PC is a Gateway 3.4 Ghz P-IV with 1G of RAM and 128M video RAM, using two sound cards - the built in Sound-Max chipset, and a SoundBlaster Audigy for digital comms. I'm not a homebrewer at all - in fact I hate having to put PL-259's on coax hi! Until recently, I was a Circuit Design Engineer for a telephone service provider, and will reluctantly admit to having a background in these infernal computer things!!
73 Dave KB3MOW Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote:
This is an interesting point of view, to take it from an economic and performance tradeoff. If I might ask (if this threa continues), would you all mind posting your rig and antenna systems as well? It would be interesting to see if there is a correlation between OS choice and rig choice. Homebrewers and Linux, or IC7800 and Windows, etc. 73, Leigh/WA5ZNU
