[MLB-WIRELESS] The Hombrew Challenge Notebooks with broken sc reens wanted

[Jason Hecker]

Laptops are were mainly intended for 25 degree C rooms.  If you did mount 
it on a mast, you'd to well to put it in one of those rubber sealed PVC 
boxes that electricians use for such work.  Over that I would put a white 
metal cowling to shade it from direct sunlight.  Actually, one of those 
vented boxes that weather measuring equipment is put in would be ideal.  If 
this isn't quite suitable, place it in the roof cavity under the tile where 
the antenna is and have a short run of cable with a suitable "J" bend in 
the antenna to ensure water running down the cable doesn't find it's way 
into the laptop.  I know people who have put PC's in the roof under the 
antenna and this works just fine.  You don't have to be so concerned with 
water proofing and protection from the elements.  Dust and moisture would 
be your main concerns then and maybe the 50+ degree temperatures you can 
get in the roof in summer.

>I wrote that message before I had a play with the RG-1000. It gets very hot,
>even if I use it inside I will drill holes in the case to get some air flow.
>Mounting it on a hot tin roof will require some thought about suitable
>enclosures.



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