Hi Dave,
Hopefully you can pull the hard drive from the laptop and access the data
from it. I bought one of these USB hard drive interface devices for
something like $30 a few years ago. I believe this is the one I have:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3502724&CatId=468
That darned thing has paid for itself more times than I can think of. I've
had motherboards crash several times; I just pull the hard drive, connect
it to this interface and plug it into a USB port on a working computer.
It comes up as another drive on the computer and I can access any of the
files on it. I can't run the programs on the hard drive but I can back
everything up.
Good luck!
73, Zack W9SZ
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Dave Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net> wrote:
> Here is my story.
> 144 Sprint: Turn on the 144 MHz gear for the first time on the 144 Sprint.
> The 12 volt supply craps out and puts 23.6 volts into my K3, my DEMI
> transverter, sequencer, and Teletek solid state amplifier. Stuff really
> hit the fan that time.
> 222 MHz Sprint: At 2230 UT, I turned on the 222 gear for the first time
> this Spring. No 12 volts anywhere. Discover the 12 volt regulated supply (a
> different one) has no output. Find blown fuse. Replace fuse. 2nd fuse blows
> too. Went home and found some stuff to rewire a new power supply into the
> shack. I got on about 2330 UT and operated until about 0200 UT. This
> morning I turned on the laptop to check the distances for my 35 QSOs and
> find that the IBM laptop has died. It won't even beep at me. All I hear is
> a fan noise. So I don't have a log! I give up.
> I found conditions very poor with very high winds. At times the line
> noise was ramping up to about S7. No good DX heard. I worked only 14 grids
> with no local activity to my northeast at all. Missed FN33 FN44, FN54, FN53
> etc. Many local grids were empty. Nothing worked past FM29 to the SW, and
> FN12 to the west. I spent a lot of time with the beam west too. Very
> discouraging. I finally got FN32 when KJ1K went back home around 10 PM. He
> was my only FN32 contact. I did find VE2JWH in FN35 though. Around 10PM I
> heard K1TEO working KO4YC. I had the antennas aimed right at KO4YC but
> heard nil at any time. Activity was either really bad, or my antenna is
> busted!
> End result... no log and no score! Winter can be harsh on an unheated
> shack. At this point I should probably skip the 432 Sprint to preserve what
> little sanity I am still clinging to.
> 73
> Dave K1WHS
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Zack Widup
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:02 AM
> To: VHF Contesting Reflector
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] K1DS/R 222 sprint
>
> I was planning on going to a hilltop to operate but a line of
> thunderstorms went through here all night. Rained out.
>
> I forgot about the 144 MHz Sprint till it was over. The VHF contesting
> season is not starting out well for me. Hopefully the 432 Sprint will
> be on a dry night.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On 4/17/13, Rick R <rick1ds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Things were quite slow last eve to start, but then they seemed to pick up
>> after the first 30 mins. I forgot to raise the antenna after getting on
>> site--but remembered after those first 30 mins! Operated in FN20 and then
>> after an hour went to FM29. Totals were 24 QSOs and distance of 4325 Km.
>> Tnx
>> to all were on the air.
>> The newest versions of the W3KM loggers do automatic distance scoring for
>> the Spring Sprints. 73, Rick, K1DS
>>
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