Well, it's a yamaha ds1x native audio sound card, and at the time, the price 
was right, (free) but I wasn't anticipating doing echo link with it.  In the 
next couple of months, I think I'm going to have to invest in a sound 
blaster x fi card.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: Receiving Psk31 With Jaws and a Sound Card


> Get a brand name and you won't have any problem. The no names or names you
> never hear in the computer world are almost begging for a problem.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "CHRISTOPHER SCHULTE" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:47 AM
> Subject: Re: Receiving Psk31 With Jaws and a Sound Card
>
>
>> Actually, you want to be careful with the "Cheap Sound Card".  I am using
>> a
>> cheappy for echo link, and have had some minor problems.  I came up with 
>> a
>> decent work around, but you can clearly tell that there is an issue with
>> the
>> cheap cards.
>>
>> If you do decide to go with a second card, and go cheap, I'd recommend
>> running jaws and your windows sounds through it.  Unless you're doing
>> stuff
>> that is quite sound intense, there is no reason to use a $10 card for 
>> jaws
>> and your everyday windows sounds, and use the more expensive one for the
>> psk
>> stuff.  Eventually, you're going to want to start transmitting psk, and
>> you
>> may as well have the right sound card to do that already so you don't 
>> have
>> to purchase that later.
>>
>> 73,
>> Chris, w8cjs
>> Echo link node, 352244
>> Check out my web site,
>> http://mysite.verizon.net/w8cjs
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: Receiving Psk31 With Jaws and a Sound Card
>>
>>
>>> exactly.
>>> Or even another cheap sound card dedicated to digital ham stuff.
>>> The dedicated synth either  external or an internal card type is
>>> certainly
>>> the other way to go, but they're often more expensive and more tedious 
>>> to
>>> set up and run if your not familiar with them.
>>> If your interested in only receiving PSK and not transmitting, then you
>>> can
>>> easily use a single sound card.
>>> However, when you transmit, unless your using an external synth or
>>> separate
>>> sound card for jaws, anything Jaws or your particular screen reader
>>> speaks
>>> will be sent out over the air along with the PSK tones...something you
>>> likely would want to avoid.
>>> I use skype to  transmit and receive remotely on my main rig and
>>> utilizing
>>> double sound cards on the shack computer is definitely a necesity.  The
>>> last
>>> thing you want to happen is an accidental blurb from jaws or an email
>>> notification blasting out over whatever frequency the radio is set to.
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "CHRISTOPHER SCHULTE" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 8:38 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Receiving Psk31 With Jaws and a Sound Card
>>>
>>>
>>>> Another, less expensive option would be to buy a USB headset and run
>>>> Jaws
>>>> through that.  That's the set up that I have here, and it works great.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Chris, w8cjs
>>>> Echo Link Node, 352244
>>>> Check out my web site,
>>>> http://mysite.verizon.net/w8cjs
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:30 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Receiving Psk31 With Jaws and a Sound Card
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Hi Eric.
>>>> >
>>>> > If it were me, I would either run an external hardware synthesizer or
>>>> > something like the Triple Talk PCI and not try to make the sound card
>>> try
>>>> > to do double duty of handling PSK and JAWS.  I think you are just
>>>> > asking
>>>> > for trouble.
>>>> >
>>>> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > At 04:03 PM 4/15/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>>>> >>Hello listers,
>>>> >>This topic may have been covered already.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>My ultimate aim is to set up a low band station to transmit psk31 
>>>> >>from
>>>> >>=
>>>> >>my apartment.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>I'd like to start by attempting to receive this mode first.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Will I need anything further than a pc with a sound card, in my case 
>>>> >>I
>>>> >>=
>>>> >>use Jaws.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Will I be able to use a simple decoding program such as Digipan 2.0.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>My research on eham leads me to believe that this program will work
>>>> >>with
>>> =
>>>> >>Windows XP.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>If I'm missing anything here or if there would be a better decoding =
>>>> >>program for psk31 I'd be open to suggestions.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>I have a plethora of low band receivers but will most likely use my
>>>> >>Icom
>>> =
>>>> >>ICR75 as it's the most modern of the receivers I own.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Thanks for any help.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>73,
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Eric
>>>> >>KU3I
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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>>>> >>6:10 PM
>>>> >
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