Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-19 Thread Skip Taylor
Just wanted to say hello to another Skip. Mine is a nickname from birth, how about you? Private email is ok from here out if you wish. I started reading this thread because it had my name in it. (grin) There's also a USB sound adapter at http://tr.im/p5Nl Looks very similar to the one the other

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-18 Thread Tim N9PUZ
Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF] wrote: Tim N9PUZ skrev: How old are these units that have been modified to work properly? Tim, N9PUZ Less than a year, the newest was bought just a month ago. Unfortunately Tigertronics don't mark their products with Serial Numbers or production date, so you

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-18 Thread kh6ty
Tim, have you tried the USB sound adapter? The low end noise that the standard SignaLink has is not there and you can just use VOX for PTT switching. It is also an external soundcard. For only $7.50, you can hardly go wrong! If you can handle tiny chips, there is also a PTT output that you can

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-18 Thread Tim N9PUZ
Tiny circuit work isn't a problem. Do you have a link to that modification? It's sort of amazing that $7.50 will get a working external sound card but obviously you've tried this and found it to work. I actually had a couple of other items to order from them as well. Spreads out the shipping.

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-18 Thread kh6ty
Try this link, Tim. I ordered five of the adapters, all had the C-Media chip, and all worked very well. Don't know if Geeks.com can guarantee shipping only the C-Media version, but maybe you can ask them. The audio output is a little less than with some soundcards, but that is usually not a

[digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-17 Thread lsumners
I am looking at upgrading my Dell on board sound card. Any suggestions for digital radio?

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-17 Thread bruce mallon
signallink USB --- On Wed, 6/17/09, lsumners lsumn...@yahoo.com wrote: From: lsumners lsumn...@yahoo.com Subject: [digitalradio] Sound Cards To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 9:58 AM I am looking at upgrading my Dell on board sound card. Any

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-17 Thread Rick Westerfield
QST had a very informative article a while back - worthwhile reading. I was surprised at the performance differences between the good, better and best cards in areas that really matter to our hobby. I still use my stock Dell soundcard but I now know why and how I could be doing better. Rick -

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-17 Thread Chris Robinson
I use an external soundcard the Creative labs Soundblaster X-fi is a very good unit. many hams are claiming that the Sound Blaster is the best out there for digi modes, and I have to agree. It works very well. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:58 AM, lsumners lsumn...@yahoo.com wrote: I am looking at

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-17 Thread Simon (HB9DRV)
If you don't have a serial port then consider the USInterface.com Navigator or the microHam USB III, both fine pieces of *external* hardware. Simon Brown, HB9DRV www.ham-radio-deluxe.com - Original Message - From: lsumners lsumn...@yahoo.com I am looking at upgrading my Dell on board

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-17 Thread Rick W
You could use an external device as others have suggested. I don't generally recommend the SignaLink USB due to the low frequency noise problem, however many hams either ignore it or are not aware of it. Further, after some considerable denial on the part of Tigertronics, they may have

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-17 Thread Phil Barnett
On 06/17/2009 05:17 PM, Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF] wrote: Rick W skrev: You could use an external device as others have suggested. I don't generally recommend the SignaLink USB due to the low frequency noise problem, however many hams either ignore it or are not aware of it. Further, after some

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-17 Thread Tim N9PUZ
How old are these units that have been modified to work properly? Tim, N9PUZ Phil Barnett wrote: On 06/17/2009 05:17 PM, Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF] wrote: Rick W skrev: You could use an external device as others have suggested. I don't generally recommend the SignaLink USB due to the low