Jeremy Cowgar wrote:
What the SignaLink has going for it over the Nomic (which is what I own)
is a built in sound card. Thus, you do not have to fuss with trying to
share a sound card w/your system. i.e. listen to the popular digital
frequencies and your bound to hear a windows Ding message now and
then. That's the least of the problem, however, the real problem is you
listen to your MP3 player on the computer, turn the volume up a bit then
go to use digital modes. Now you have to readjust your output, of which
you will forget now and then, everyone does, and you'll be over-driving
your transmitter producing horrible tones that causes interference for all.
So... had I to do it again, I'd go the SignaLink.
Maybe SignaLink owners can speak up, would any of you rather had a
Nomic? BTW... I solved the above problems by adding an additional sound
card to my system that is devoted to the ham radio.
Also... one other thing to think about... I know you didn't mention RTTY
or CW, but you may want to look into an interface that provides the
ability to key your transmitter for CW and for FSK RTTY. You can do RTTY
w/o FSK by using AFSK but typically if you use FSK RTTY you benefit from
some functions your radio may provide (nice filters for one).
Also... one more thing :-D ... for either, I'd see if it can connect to
your rear accessory port instead of interfacing through your mic port.
That may be a personal preference but I think it's just less hassles to
deal with in setup and every day operations.
Jeremy
KB8LFA
don't ask me anything about Yaesu (hate red-orange screens) - it is all I can
do to keep up with my Icoms and my KWs. I have a separate SL/USB on both my
TS480 and my IC Pro3. both are hooked up thru the rear accy ports which
allow me to talk as quickly as my message is sent. this is as automatic as
it can get, and I can only suggest that you buy a share in MixW and use that
program. I even bought a refurbed T-41 ThinkPad to run the doze programs on
it as that was the fastest and simplest way to go. that way I keep the
minimum software on the XP and I do all else on my MacPro.
As a MARS station, I have to be able to receive and pass SoundCard, Pactor
and Telnet as well as SSB nets, etc. So, this set up allows me to send
Pactor while I am relaying or supporting NCS activities and traffic. Using
MixW I can stop talking, press a button on the laptop, send or relay traffic
via soundcard and immediately resume talking after sending the message.
I can take messages received via MixW and paste them into WL2K and either
send them via telnet or via Pactor using the same program. All of this is
done with two radios, two SL/USBs, a laptop and two antennas. Additional of
course are tuners and amplifiers, scanners and printers and necesary coax
switches, SWR/wattmeters, power supplies, etc.
fwiw
73
chas
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