Posted: 6/26/2011 6:04:12 PM EDT
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About a week ago one of you guys was asking for a suggestion for what kind of laptop to buy for his station.
I wondered WTF he would need a station laptop for. Now I know! Instant access to call signs and other general info. WOW! Am I learning fast. |
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also, you need a laptop for running a giant spreadsheet to keep track of your ballooning ham radio-related expenditures... 
ar-jedi Are you crazy? Never leave any evidence of hobby expenditures! When I die, it will all be sold cheap anyway. Guns, trains, radio equipment, computers and electronics...Nope, no clue what it cost! Bill |
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Are you crazy? Never leave any evidence of hobby expenditures! When I die, it will all be sold cheap anyway. Guns, trains, radio equipment, computers and electronics...Nope, no clue what it cost! Bill Laptops are also handy for operating packet / APRS and running the front end software for your VNA. 
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Are you crazy? Never leave any evidence of hobby expenditures! When I die, it will all be sold cheap anyway. Guns, trains, radio equipment, computers and electronics...Nope, no clue what it cost! Bill Laptops are also handy for operating packet / APRS and running the front end software for your VNA. What is VNA? A new acronym that I do not know. Bill Going to Google VNA now. |
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What is VNA? vector network analyzer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_analyzer_%28electrical%29 ar-jedi |
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also, you need a laptop for running a giant spreadsheet to keep track of your ballooning ham radio-related expenditures...
ar-jedi You also need one for purchasing equipment online. 
I'm going to gigaparts to order a signalink right now. I've been bitten by the PSK31 bug. |
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What is VNA? vector network analyzer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_analyzer_%28electrical%29 ar-jedi Keepin' it real fo da peeps, yo. AIM-4170C 
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What is VNA? vector network analyzer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_analyzer_%28electrical%29 Keepin' it real fo da peeps, yo. AIM-4170C http://www.w5big.com/AIM4170C_front.jpg do you have one of these, and would you point me to your writeup here on ARFCOM?
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What is VNA? vector network analyzer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_analyzer_%28electrical%29 Keepin' it real fo da peeps, yo. AIM-4170C http://www.w5big.com/AIM4170C_front.jpg do you have one of these, and would you point me to your writeup here on ARFCOM?
ar-jedi It arrived today –– just in time for Field Day.  To paraphrase Robert Hamburger, "I love it with all of my body –– including my peepee." 
So far I've analyzed almost everything around the house that looks like an antenna. Still trying to catch that cat though. I now have a handle on why my FD double-inverted-V was great on 40 and needed the tuner for 20. A great many antenna construction projects are about to get revived and/or started. Got 6 projects in various stages now and 4 more waiting to be birthed into the world. That's my write-up for now. So yes, everyone needs a laptop for ham radio.
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