Here is my latest mobile ATCS Monitor rig.  It fits on the visor of my car.



 
The computer is a $60 Winbook TW700 from Microcenter.  It runs Windows 8.1.  To pick up the internet and ATCS internet data, I have a little NetZero U770 Wifi USB stick stuck into the USB port on the right side of the Winbook.  And power comes from my cigarette lighter USB charging thing.  Happily, this computer has a full sized USB port and a micro USB port.

Now I can drive home from work, turn on the above computer, and determine if any trains will be in the area where I am driving.  Warning: don't look at the computer while driving.


When I am done, I turn the computer off, and fold the visor up.  The little table computer seems to vanish.

Part 2: hooking up a roof top antenna, Maxtrac and an  I-mic device to the computer.  That way, I can pick up live ATCS Monitor signals in addition to the ATCS Monitor signals on the internet.

http://morscher.com/atcs/automobile_ATCS_2.html


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