I suppose one way is with the computer output hooked to the rig, external
synth for speech or a separate sound card for doing this would be required.
Then, one could record everything, edit it up so it sounds good, and
transmit it. I think that's what people do with newsline when clubs don't
have the money for the long distance autopatch, as I heard their system
event sounds on the repeater a couple times.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 1:39 AM
Subject: Re: Sending Traffic on NTS
> Dear Lou,
>
> When I used to send a lot of traffic, I had a headset with a boom mike and
> a
> foot switch. I bought two headsets, one for hf and another for vhf. Some
> friends helped me get them put together. That kept my hands free for
> reading and writing. In those days, I banged everything down on a Perkins
> brailler.
>
> I have a different station nowadays and I don't have the headsets or foot
> switches because my rigs are very different. I haven't sent much traffic,
> but I take it down using my BrailleNote or my PC which has an old PB40
> braille display attached to it.
>
> I personally prefer using braille. I knew a man who used a tape recorder
> to
> take down the messages and he later transcribed them into braille using a
> slate and stylus. He read messages from the braille he'd written on
> paper.
>
> I know some people who have used tape both to send and receive traffic,
> but
> I think it's more difficult. I don't know how they are able to listen to
> the tape and speak what they've heard into the mike without getting
> tongue-twisted.
>
> I still have my brailler and a slate or two kicking around in case the
> electricity goes out so I could still handle traffic.
>
> Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
> California
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 7:48 PM
> Subject: Sending Traffic on NTS
>
>
>> Hi to all.
>>
>> I had an interesting experience the other night. A friend called me and
>> asked me to put a message into the NTS for him. I took down the message
>> on
>> my trusty Type 'n Speak (yep, I'm still using the old dinosaur). When I
>> went to send the message, though, there were a couple of places where the
>> spelling was not easy and I needed to read through it character by
>> character. Suddenly, I found the need to have one hand for the RIGHT
>> ARROW
>> key, one hand for the LEFT SHIFT key, and one hand to key the
>> microphone. Awkward, to say the least!
>>
>> Since I don't have a Perkins braille writer, I have had to resort to
>> putting things on one computer device or another. I'm curious about
>> whether anyone else has faced this problem when sending traffic, and if
>> so,
>> what you did about it.
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>> P.S. My braille is probably even less legible than my handwriting!
>>
>>
>>
>> Louis Kim Kline
>> A.R.S. K2LKK
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>>
>>
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