OK Leigh, Hope this is what you're looking for.
OS LINUX debIAN, etch (testing, release) runing on two laptops, and four desktop/server machines. since they all run the same OS, they all network easily and paly nicely with the router. RIGS HF = Kenwood TS 850 and FT 897 (coupled/controled with the Acer 3000 laptop. using HAMlib and a variety of other linux programs too numerous to mention here. SSTV to PSK and APRS. I'm patiently waiting for something For ALE and DRM. VHF RIGS. old Radio shack 2mtr base. yaesu 2800M. Several handis. (yaesu 409RH =APRS mobile.) antennas. HF =G5RV at 35 feet. 6mtr homebrewed 5element log-Yagi. "tower"= 10 ft armstrong stepladder. 2merter = various homebred concoctions. and bed springs. other boxes include antenna tunners and switches. two old PK232 MBX modems that were used for packet and Pactor. mt63 and PSK now seem to fill those nitches with less noise and frustration. in short... my homebrewing, building, experimenting, and testing is done mainly on the computers and antennas. I live in far norther Wisconsin on Lake Superior and back in the woods. by the time the UPS man gets here with the parts I order over the internet, I've forgotten where they fit in whaterver projects I had going on. LInux provides a fine platform to vent all my fiddling puttering and fix-it urges. HArv, N9AI On 11/30/06, Leigh L Klotz, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 I wonder if we might get people to post their On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 4:09 pm, Dave Corio wrote: > Having just finished experimenting with a dual-boot system, I would > like to add my two cents worth. > > In my humble opinion, and if all things were equal, I would choose > LINUX as my OS over Windows in a second. As far as using it for all > else than ham radio, it is superb in most ways. While it does have a > pretty steep learning curve, anyone who was used to the old DOS way of > doing things can pick it up pretty quickly. > > But all things are not equal. While there is certainly some excellent > amateur radio software for LINUX, and more coming out all the time, > there simply isn't the wealth of development going into that area to > produce programs that are truly competitive with what exists for > Windows. Add that to the problem of compiling the programs and finding > the necessary parts for assembling them, it is too early in the > lifespan of the OS to expect that level of competition. > > I found that LINUX folks are amazing in their willingness to help a > neophyte learn the ropes of the system, and some of the amateur > software will be absolutely amazing given time. But, for me at least, > that time isn't now. When it is, I'll be the first to recant my > association with "Windoze" and jump on the LINUX bandwagon! I hope that > day is sooner rather than later! > > 73 > Dave > KB3MOW > >
