As with most things, it depends on your budget. Windows tablets had quite a moment a few years ago where you could get a 7” model for under $100 and 8” models for under $200, but they were ultimately not very good devices and 7” or 8” really doesn’t work well for Windows. 10.1” is really the minimum screen size to be useful for a Windows device.

Right now there are two choices to consider in the under $500 range at the 10 inch screen size. For the low end, there’s the Chuwi Hi 10x which is $229 on Amazon. If you don’t want to go with the cheap Chinese brand, your only choice in that price range is the Microsoft Surface Go 2, which just came out two weeks ago and starts at $399 for the minimum spec. You may also find remaining NOS Surface Go 1st generations available for less.

Above $500, there are lots of other choices out there, but they are overkill if you’re looking for a small device just to take roving.

Any of these will run virtually any amateur radio software, including SatPC32, without a problem. Note that the Surface Go tablets come with Windows 10 running in S mode, which restricts software availability to the Windows Store only. Fortunately, it’s just a quick setting change to take it out of S mode and get full Windows 10 Home.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 13:19 Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:

I'm in the market for a tablet to take roving. I want to use SatPC32 so that means some version of Windows.

Any suggestions on a Windows tablet?

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