Show your setup!

Feltham

The two set-ups that have been pictured so far make my system look pathetic :/

bugsy in post 147959 said:

The two set-ups that have been pictured so far make my system look pathetic :/

You don't need a fancy setup to enjoy Simsig. I use my fairly basic laptop with a second spare monitor and a mouse and that's more than enough.

bugsy in post 147959 said:

The two set-ups that have been pictured so far make my system look pathetic :/

You don't need a fancy setup to enjoy Simsig. I use my fairly basic laptop with a second spare monitor and a mouse and that's more than enough.

Bog standard Intel I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz with 16 GHZ RAM running Win 11. A recon unit bought for £100 without drives or OS. BIOS indicates this machine is about 7 years old.

2 x 240 GB SSD
2 x 4 TB hard drives for storage.

4 x HP Compaq LA2306x 23 inch HD screens running at 1920 x 1080 - again all recon units bought for £30 each.
Intel On board graphics for 2 monitors
El cheapo NVIDIA GT710 for the other 2.

Runs Simsig and interfaces all of the amateur radio gear underneath the screens including an SDRPlay unit acting as a panadapter for one of the Yaesu FTdx5000 transceivers. Also runs another SDRPlay unit acting as a true SDR receiver attached to a 134ft windom antenna outside.

Its fun but probably overkill for what I do with it!

Vince

A lot of high end equipment there. Wouldn't have a clue what any of the radio stuff does. Very nice setup. Originally I had 3 monitors. Went down to 2 and then got my ultrawide last week.

jc92 in post 147960 said:

bugsy in post 147959 said:

The two set-ups that have been pictured so far make my system look pathetic :/

You don't need a fancy setup to enjoy Simsig. I use my fairly basic laptop with a second spare monitor and a mouse and that's more than enough.

My single monitor 1920 x 1080 24" is fine for my use, but that is mainly test running timetables on no failures with maximum automation. Never really got my head around using multiple monitors on any software

Bill

I'm curious to see everyone's setups and see how it differs across the community and what systems you all have. Here's mine.
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Runs Simsig and interfaces all of the amateur radio gear underneath the screens including an SDRPlay unit acting as a panadapter for one of the Yaesu FTdx5000 transceivers. Also runs another SDRPlay unit acting as a true SDR receiver attached to a 134ft windom antenna outside.

i26 in post 147935 said:

I'm curious to see everyone's setups and see how it differs across the community and what systems you all have. Here's mine.
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Nice. That screen looks to be rather bigger than anything I could fit in! What is that piece of kit beneath the left of the monitor though?

VInce in post 147951 said:

Runs Simsig and interfaces all of the amateur radio gear underneath the screens including an SDRPlay unit acting as a panadapter for one of the Yaesu FTdx5000 transceivers. Also runs another SDRPlay unit acting as a true SDR receiver attached to a 134ft windom antenna outside.

Good to find another radio enthusiast. I have a shortwave set (Tecsun PL880 - much better than my previous one) but I don't broadcast. 73s to you.

Anyway back on topic: for my part my setup is this:
- Processor: Intel Pentium GOld G5400 CPU @ 3.70GHz
- Installed RAM: 8.00GB (of which 7.85GB usable)
- OS: Windows 10 Home
- Keyboard: Eweadn KMX50 with multicolour backlighting
- Mouse: Eweadn but not sure what model.
- Monitors: 2x 22-inch NEC MultiSync E223W (obtained by permission when surplus to employer's requirements; replacing 2x 17-inch screens)

Stretches across both monitors and works very well when playing SimSig. Something like North Kent (Panel 2) fits perfectly with some viewing onto Panel 1 (photo DSC0829_1000.jpg) and if I am doing Cross panel on KGX I have viewing all the way from Kings Cross through to New Southgate & Bowes Park. Some layouts don't fit quite so well: one of those is Plymouth (photo DSC_0839_1200.jpg which shows the keyboard as well) but I can simply have a smaller window to cover the remaining area. For much larger sims such as LTS where a second window is needed but it has to be bigger I can have two windows with each one covering half the height of the screen and extended to full width. For example doing the Southend part of LTS I cna have the top window showing the London / Southend boundary through to Benfleet and the lower window giving me Pitsea to Shoeburyness. Does me very well overall.

Dave

Click to view the photos a bit larger if interested:

I suppose a picture of a single laptop 15" screen doesn't really cut it in this willy-waving contest.

[.....]I didn't consider it "willy waving" and still don't but if that appears to be the consensus view then I'll shrink back into my little corner and sit on the naughty step.

Perhaps we need some sort of flag on the Forum to let people know things are aimed at a small number of people off the main track rather than a topic for general comment!

postal in post 147997 said:

Perhaps we need some sort of flag on the Forum to let people know things are aimed at a small number of people off the main track rather than a topic for general comment!

This is open mic area where, within reason, anything goes. If having opened the tread you decide it's not for you then don't read on or return. It's also not clear to me who would determine the number of people who would be interested, nor how.

Peter

In my defence I thought there was a genuine interest in the many and various setups that members of this group use for Simsig. I didn't consider it "willy waving" and still don't but if that appears to be the consensus view then I'll shrink back into my little corner and sit on the naughty step.

Since I cannot now delete my initial contribution to this thread I would ask that the mods remove it. My contributions to this forum, already at an all time low, will now reduce to nothing.

Vince