It's as easy as any tnc, it's just a basic command interface so works well
with jaws. a program like outpost will set most of it up automatically
anyway but it's good to use the terminal just to make sure it set things up
right.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: Packet radio via USB Signalink sound card interface
> 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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