Pignology has a wifi interface that makes an iPad feasible as a logging/controlling computer. There's a version of Rumlog for iPad, as well as Pignology's Hamlog. Android tablets reportedly work as well.
Peter W0LLN On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Bill Frantz <[email protected]> wrote: > Please allow me to hijack this thread to ask about low power draw > computers for use with the K3. > > Last field day I set up our club's digital station with a K3/10, SignaLink > USB, and a MacBook Pro. The combination worked very well, but the MacBook > Pro, connected through the Apple power adapter and a Radio Shack inverter > drew 3 to 4 times as much power as all the rest of the system. I used the > Elecraft USB <--> RS232 cable for rig control. > > So I am looking for a computer that runs on 12 volts and draws a minimum > amount of current. It should be low noise and all those other good things > as well. My OS preferences are in order: MacOS -- because I know it, > flavors of Linux -- so I won't have to configure a Windows system and deal > with Microsoft's license verification, and finally Windows. > > On the MacBook Pro I was running cocoaModem and RUMped. I expect on other > OSes I will run fldigi and a contest logger to be names later. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Cheers - Bill, AE6JV > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ----------- > Bill Frantz |The nice thing about standards| Periwinkle > (408)356-8506 |is there are so many to choose| 16345 Englewood Ave > www.pwpconsult.com |from. - Andrew Tanenbaum | Los Gatos, CA 95032 > > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[email protected]> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
