Ken - Here is my understanding thanks to Dale Richardson. First of all, I
am using the Delta-44 sound card plus my old Sound Blaster Live as a second
sound card. I am using a second sound card so that I can route either the
microphone or the output from MixW (psk, rtty, sstv, fsk, and on and on)
into the SDR-1000. As I switch from mode to mode I make no changes to the
SDR-1000 set-up. The only thing that is changing is the use of the second
sound card. The goal is to generate as much gain as you can from the second
sound card without overdriving the SDR-1000 to minimize noise generated by
the Delta-44.
Once you have the second sound card configured like you want you start
QuickMix running and select "save". You then assign a name to the file that
you can remember like "ssb" or "psk". The levels for the Delta-44 are set
with its own program. I run QuickMix and load the proper file ("ssb",
"psk", etc.) every time I turn on the SDR-1000 with the FlexRadio software
based on what mode I want to operate.
On the FlexRadio software I have the front console MIC set to 1. As I
recall I have the MIC-GAIN on the TRANSMIT TAB set to about 25.
Dale - I still consider myself a beginner so please jump in here if I said
anything wrong to Ken.
By the way everyone, on the subject of logging software, rather than
reinvent the wheel I would like to suggest implementing MixW since the
logging function is already built right in, MixW supports just about every
digital mode known to man including SSB (wave files) and CW, and I
understand that MixW will also print QSL cards.
John Denson, AI6A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken - N9VV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "John Denson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] what MIC gain to set on SSB?
Hi John,
Golly QuickMis sounds too good to be true. Does QuickMix save the Delta-44
settings? and the MOBO sound card settings? then what about changes in the
Console? there are two different places that seem to interact in the
Console (a) the MIC-GAIN on the TRANSMIT TAB and again on the front
Console windows for MIC.
BK de Ken
John Denson wrote:
Eric - I am using QuickMix for SSB, PSK-31 and CW setups. I have a
QuickMix file saved for each of those three setups. When I want to do
one of those modes I run QuickMix and load one of those three files.
Once you get the setup working like you want you save it with QuickMix
for future use.
John Denson, AI6A
----- Original Message ----- From: "FlexRadio - Eric"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ken N9VV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Alan Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "FlexRadio Reflector"
<FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] what MIC gain to set on SSB?
Ken,
You are absolutely right about all of those controls interacting. There
are so many sliders when you introduce a second sound card that it can
really complicate things. My suggestion would be to find some kind of
standard for most of the controls and then just use 1 or 2 to switch
between modes.
For example, right now we force the main volume and wave out volume to
maximum when using a single consumer card setup. This allows us
complete flexibility in the software and we can still control the input
volume using the MIC / Line In Gain settings. It would be nice to have
this kind of thing built into the software. However, this is more
difficult than it would first seem because we are not restricting the
second sound card to any particular set of sound cards.
I'd like to hear from some others that are using a second card for a Mic
preamp and see how they switch between SSB and digital modes.
Eric
Ken N9VV wrote:
Dear SDR-1000 guys,
I just tried my first SSB contact using a Delta-44, MOBO card for
pre-amp, and 1.3.5 with Bill's mods.
I was confused because I found three MIC-GAIN settings
that all seem to interact:
(a) the MIC gain of the MOBO card and the LINE-OUT level of the MOBO
card
(b) the MIC GAIN of the TRANSMIT tab on the Console settings menu
(c) the MIC gain setting on the front of the Console
How do you guys set all those levels? If I want to go back to digital
modes later, how can I save all those SSB settings and get back to digi
levels?
I successfully worked CY9SS is on the air on 17M 18.148.100. I could
say that I "busted the pileup"
but in reality it was just dumb luck :-)
TU de Ken N9VV
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