Dear Santa,
R&L electronics in HAMilton, Ohio.. (one of the best Ham Stores I've ever been to) has the ICOM 7300 with a 30amp power supply- Free Shipping for $999.95..A year or 2 ago just the ICOM 7300 was $1300..? I've never used one, but they are probably the most popular HF-6 meter rig going these days along with quite a selection of rigs from Yaesu.
Announced this past week is a new Raspberry Pi (RPI) Model 500.. It is modeled after the RPI400 which is quad core and 4Gb of memory. Both are encased with their own keyboard, The RPI500 is 2.4 times as fast and has 8Gb of RAM. The RPI 500 is selling for $90-120 USD. I like the keyboard feel.
Dave Slaughter K3DJS is keeper of the HAM-PI suite. A collection of over 200 ham related programs for the RPI's..I use that program suite on my RPI400 and have i connected to my YAESU FT-991A
Both.offer dual video HDMI outputs. Both run LINUX..? The big advantage of the RPI400-500 is that it will run with a 5 volt phone charger, and means it can run on a 12 volt adapter. Many video screens- including the official RPI15.1 inch monitor ($100) also will run on DC.. Making it perfect for EMCOMM-POTA-PORTABLE use..
So, Santa should you decide to get anyone these wonderful gifts for Christmas, be sure to include on the packaging from Santa and Larry W8LM...after all I suggested it..
Larry W8LM
Larry Macionski