I am "old school". Yes, I have a 6 core AMD computer with 8GB of memory
dedicated to the ham station, but I do not use it a lot for rig control
- its main use right now is to give me a panadapter display, but that
part will soon be replaced by a P3.
I still paper log, and automated spots do not excite me - I can bring up
the spots on the computer and then dial the K3 to that frequency should
I be so inclined.
It causes me to think about what I am doing in the hamshack. Those hams
who arbitrarily click on spots do not excite me. I prefer to hear the
DX first rather than just transmitting without regard to others just
because a spot says there is something of interest at that frequency.
In other words, if you can't hear them, don't transmit - the ham bands
would be much more sane if everyone did likewise. Just my not so humble
opinion.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 3/10/2015 7:17 PM, Kevin Stover wrote:
You can't see Internet spots or balance your checkbook or read the
Elecraft reflector and run that "radio" at the same time. I guarantee
it. So....you get to buy a top of the line high performance PC to run
your radio.
I find it interesting that nowhere that I've seen does Flex give a
minimum requirement for om-board memory.
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