Small external monitor for P3?

[nz8j]

Has anyone found or using a small monitor to use with a P3/SVGA? I have limited space but would like to use the features of the SVGA adapter on a screen a little bigger than the P3. I've seen some small ones on various online outlets, but they are either VGA resolution, or use a USB connection.

I'm not real familiar with what might or might not work or what I need for what I'm trying to do, that's why I'm asking here. It would have to be no more than 10 or 11 inches high but could be a little wider than that.

Thanks in advance for any help.

73
Tim
NZ8J



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[Jim Brown-10]

On 11/7/2013 1:04 PM, Tim Cook wrote:
> Has anyone found or using a small monitor to use with a P3/SVGA? I have limited space but would like to use the features of the SVGA adapter on a screen a little bigger than the P3. I've seen some small ones on various online outlets, but they are either VGA resolution, or use a USB connection.

Don't hesitate to accept 1024x768 -- it works quite well with the P3.
I'm using two such monitors, partly for size and partly because I got
them free as cast-offs from other hams.

73, Jim K9YC
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[kc2vmp]

A 15" monitor is 11" high.

Product dimensions without stand (W x D x H)
13.8 x 2.2 x 11.0 in (35.0 x 5.5 x 28.0 cm)
Hth

73 kc2vmp

> On Nov 7, 2013, at 16:04, Tim Cook <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Has anyone found or using a small monitor to use with a P3/SVGA? I have limited space but would like to use the features of the SVGA adapter on a screen a little bigger than the P3. I've seen some small ones on various online outlets, but they are either VGA resolution, or use a USB connection.
>
> I'm not real familiar with what might or might not work or what I need for what I'm trying to do, that's why I'm asking here. It would have to be no more than 10 or 11 inches high but could be a little wider than that.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> 73
> Tim
> NZ8J
>
>
>
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[W7CS]

Tim,

I have a space problem similar to yours.  I found some used 15"
(diagonal measurement) computer monitors that are only 11", or a bit
less, high, if you remove their stand.  I figure that my eyes are
still young enough, so that size screen is large enough, if its
directly in front of me and above the K3/P3SVGA.

Some 15" monitors have larger enclosure borders than others, that
make them higher.  I've "collected" several of this size for $5 to
$15 from swap meets, computer store sales and Salvation Army stores,
or similar outlets.

Chuck,  W7CS

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[gm3sek]

Chuck,  W7CS wrote:

>I have a space problem similar to yours.  I found some used 15"
>(diagonal measurement) computer monitors that are only 11", or a bit
>less, high, if you remove their stand.  I figure that my eyes are
>still young enough, so that size screen is large enough, if its
>directly in front of me and above the K3/P3SVGA.
>

That works for me too. I like to have the display directly above the K3,
and at that viewing distance a 15" monitor is plenty big enough to
display the enhanced detail of the SVGA. A push-button VGA switch allows
the smaller monitor to double as either the display for the P3 or an
occasional extension of the main PC display.

>Some 15" monitors have larger enclosure borders than others, that
>make them higher.

To keep the 15" display in the same field of view as the K3 itself, I
removed the monitor stand and fitted two stick-on rubber feet so the
monitor could sit directly on top of the K3. Velcro pads hold the
monitor upright against the edge of a convenient shelf.

>I've "collected" several of this size for $5 to
>$15 from swap meets, computer store sales and Salvation Army stores,
>or similar outlets.

Or from friendly sysops who have upgraded their end users to larger
screens but (quite rightly) can't bear to throw away perfectly
functional hardware.


73 from Ian GM3SEK


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