OK good show, I am using a Toshiba, and am getting ready to try a MFJ usb to 
serial converter.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: SWR readings on the IC7000


> Gerry,
>
> The netbook I got I bought through QVC.com because they had one that I
> wanted under the HP model label but made in China, of course.  What isn't
> these days?  Anyhow, it had all the features and I could purchase it by 
> the
> month.  It just came in the last couple of days and has 250 gigs of 
> storage,
> SD type card slot, 1 GB of ram, and it comes with windows.  There are 
> other
> programs such as office, but they are dated for 30 to 90 days and then you
> have to buy to keep them which I don't need for what I bought it for.  It
> cost about 300 dollars and QVC has them up to over 500.  A camera came 
> with
> it.  Our oldest son lives in Charlotte North Carolina and he has three
> children.  We have 9 grandchildren, all total, and 3 of them are his, and
> the other 6 live here in Denver.  So we all don't get to see each other
> often living so far apart.  My son wanted his blind parents, haha, to get 
> a
> camera so the cousins could see and talk to each other live.  He acted 
> like
> he was going to pay for it but since I jumped the gun and bought it, I 
> think
> I may have to pass the hat instead, haha.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 4:21 AM
> Subject: Re: SWR readings on the IC7000
>
>
>> Phil, what  netbook did you get?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 8:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: SWR readings on the IC7000
>>
>>
>>> Trevor,
>>>
>>> If you interface your computer with the Icom 7000 software, or possibly
>>> with
>>> Ham Radio Deluxe software, I bet you can read SWR settings, power out,
>>> and
>>> so on, that way.  I just bought a netbook that I am going to use in my
>>> ham
>>> shack to interface with the 7000 using ham radio deluxe, and a couple of
>>> other programs such as the Icom software, so once I've made some head
>>> way,
>>> I
>>> will report on if it works or not.
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>> K0NX
>>