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
Interesting idea... Rig: currently IC-718 with TCXO, purchased in February 06 to replace my TS-430S which was purchased new in 1982. :) Computer: P4 3.4 GHz purchased Dec 2004 to replace my old Asus T2P4 motherboard which was running a K6/2 at 233 MHz (which replaced the original K5 processor I had in it) OS: Fedora Core 3 (the K6/2 runs Red Hat 6.2) Crossover version 4.2 to support MS-Office 2000. Antennas: Inverted Vees and Dipoles that will cover 160-10 with a Heath roller-inductor tuner, and tuner built from an old ARC-5 to cover 160m. I only rarely venture above 60m anyway, and do a lot more tinkering and listening than I ever do transmitting. Soundcard interface and CI-V interface - homebrew designed and built. I probably don't fit the description of either a typical ham or a typical computer user. - ps
