Author Archives for Alex
Propagation?
I can confirm that there is little or no propagation going on at my QTH. Just look at the current graphs. There maybe some sporadic E floating about but I can say for certain that when I turn on my HF rig, there’s nothing at all to be heard.
Lucky I’m traveling further south for a [...]
Loving my netbook
It’s been a sad few hours without it but now that the Advent has gone back for a replacement I really know how much it will be missed. Only 7 days or so to get a new one but even after typing out over 200 words onto it over the weekend I’ve found that apart [...]
Advent 4211 back to the shop :-(
Aftre a protracted series of emails and phone conversations that basically meant waiting for PC World to get their ‘right people’ on the job the Netbook got picked up today for a replacement to be shipped once 7 working days is up from the time they receive it into their warehouse.
Poor show PC World, for [...]
Advent 4211 - 1 week on
The little beauty continues to be snatched at the earliest opportunity at home. The beauty of these netbooks is that they are so portable and light you almost forget that you’re using one.
The trouble with mine is that the sod just doesn’t want to start up sometimes and so back to PC it must go. [...]
Advent 4211
After looking around for several months i visited my not so local PC world. Took one look at the Asus eeePC 901 and a returned 4211 and it was immediately obvious. The MSI wind-u-like advent had a better look and feel to it and so I ordered one. Fast forward 3 days and it was [...]
