John:
Is the KPC easy to set up, and accessible with Jaws?
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Packet radio via USB Signalink sound card interface
> KPC-3 and Kamtronics Kams can usually be found pretty cheap and work
> great,
> I got my KPC-3 for little more than a song and other than the last month
> with moving and all it was running most of the last 5 or 6 years nonstop.
> I
> hope to get it going again soon I just need a couple things I don't have
> cash for at the moment like feed through panel parts but I'll deal with
> it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 8:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Packet radio via USB Signalink sound card interface
>
>
>> Yup, it may be time to go TNC shopping.
>>
>> If anyone has any ideas for a nice and cheap TNC, let me know.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 7:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: Packet radio via USB Signalink sound card interface
>>
>>
>>> For my dedicated packet setup, I just use a dedicated TNC, they're not
>>> all
>>> that expensive on the used market and it avoids that issue.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 11:45 PM
>>> Subject: Packet radio via USB Signalink sound card interface
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi, again, everyone.
>>>>
>>>> This afternoon and evening, I became involved in an unexpected, but
>>>> interesting project here. As many of you know, I am EC/RO for my
>>>> county
>>>> here in Michigan, and due to the increased emphasis again on packet
>>>> radio
>>>> as
>>>> an important form of digital communication, a ham friend and I tried to
>>>> see
>>>> if we could get me going on packet at least to see if things would
>>>> work.
>>>>
>>>> For my packet set-up, I will use an old TMV7A, and my Windows 7 laptop.
>>>> I
>>>> have a 2-meter J-pole on a 40-foot mast that I can dedicate to packet
>>>> communication, and I have successfully downloaded and tried the Outpost
>>>> packet mail program.
>>>>
>>>> My problem is what kind of interface to use between the TMV7A and my
>>>> Windows
>>>> 7 computer.
>>>>
>>>> My friend brought over his USB signalink interface to try, and we
>>>> actually
>>>> had some success. The Outpost program was very easy to learn and use,
>>>> and
>>>> I
>>>> was actually able to send and receive messages.
>>>>
>>>> The problem is with the sound card interface. It is a problem that is
>>>> very
>>>> similar to the problem I had earlier when trying to use the USB virtual
>>>> comport driver for the TS590.
>>>>
>>>> The problem centers around the fact that the N3FJP wave files
>>>> automatically
>>>> use the default sound card, and apparently, that can't be changed.
>>>>
>>>> I have Jaws working from the high definition speakers codek sound
>>>> card,
>>>> but
>>>> when we put the signalink into the circuit, we loose either Jaws, or
>>>> the
>>>> N3FJP wave files.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone use the signalink sound card interface with Jaws, windows
>>>> 7,
>>>> and
>>>> the N3FJP logging software? And, if so, how do you configure things to
>>>> keep
>>>> everything going and talking as it should?
>>>>
>>>> Before I spend $100 on the signalink interface, I want to see if it's
>>>> worth
>>>> it, or whether I would be better off just going with a traditional TNC.
>>>>
>>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
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