With the signalink, the vox is all done inside the unit. You don't need to
turn vox on on the radio.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Chao" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: Digital Modes
> Hello Again. Is there a way to enable vox only for data and not
> voice on a TS480SAT?--Matt, N1IBB.
>
> At 09:28 AM 7/18/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>>Matt,
>>
>>I don't use those filters, so you will have to dig around. Of course
>>before modern rigs offered data modes and special filtering, we just
>>put the radio in LSB and used the regular old filters. So don't
>>obsess on this part.
>>
>>If you haven't done it yet, you need to go into setup/sound cards and
>>tell the software to use the USB Audio for both RX and TX. Under the
>>TX tab, set comm port to "none", and under misc. tab, set first option
>>to "sound". These may already be defaults.
>>
>>Set the radio to LSB or LSB D. I would go to around 28.080 (dead
>>spot), tune the antenna, power down to 5 watts, and hit the f9 key to
>>tx. Your TX monitor should be turned on to hear the tones. Type your
>>call and you will hear the tones shift (you've also identified). F8
>>stops transmission.
>>
>>Be sure speech processor is off. use the knobs on the SL to adjust
>>TX drive and VOX. I think there are a few ways people use to adjust
>>power output in AFSK modes. One is to set power at 100 watts, and tx
>>gain on the soundcard to minimum. Start transmitting and slowly
>>increase sound card level until power reaches desired level
>>Good luck,
>> Steve KW3A
>>
>>On 7/18/2015 8:59 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
>> > Hey, steve. Am connected to the radio. Found Menu 45and am able to
>> > turn data mode on and off, and set the 1500 center via high/low cut
>> > button. Can't seem to find any more on the data mode stuff in the
>> > docs I have here; perhaps need to dig deeper.--Matt, N1IBB.
>> >
>> > At 08:22 AM 7/18/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>> >> Yes that is the power button. Push it in. It draws power from the
>> >> USB
>> >> connection, so no other power source needed.
>> >>
>> >> OK, the wav file played. Now you know what RTTY sounds like. It's
>> >> just
>> >> a test message. As it plays, the text should display in the
>> >> receive
>> >> window of the program. Now you need to make your software read that
>> >> text out to you.
>> >>
>> >> I know you use WE. I use JAWS. In JAWS, there a few options that
>> >> may
>> >> have some equivalent in WE. Set so that screen text is echoed, use
>> >> various cursors to read the text in the window, or set a frame
>> >> around
>> >> the rx window to speak received text with a hot key combo.
>> >>
>> >> Are you connected to the radio yet?
>> >>
>> >> We are starting to get down to some nuts and bolts stuff, feel free to
>> >> continue this off list if you want.
>> >>
>> >> (my call)@snip.net
>> >>
>> >> 73, Steve KW3A
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 7/18/2015 7:59 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
>> >>> Hi, Steve. Connected the SignalLink to the PC and followed the
>> >>> instructions on the miniCD that came with the unit. Went into MMTTY,
>> >>> tried to "play" one of the files, and got nothing but the sound of
>> >>> RTTY over my PC's speakers. HMMMM. Also, assume the button on lower
>> >>> left is the power switch for the board? Thanks.--Matt, N1IBB.
>> >>>
>> >>> At 05:51 PM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>> >>>> Nice to have a friend. I may get one one of these days.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Really doesn't matter which way is up I guess. Mine doesn't
>> >>>> have
>> >>>> any sort of tag, but I always used it with the button on the left
>> >>>> side.
>> >>>> They recommend setting knobs at mid point for starters. If
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> button is on the left, the knobs all point at 12 o'clock when at
>> >>>> mid
>> >>>> point. At least on mine, the knobs and their pointers seem more
>> >>>> intuitive with the button to the left. .
>> >>>>
>> >>>> With the jumper installed, you should probably connect to the pc
>> >>>> and
>> >>>> see if anything blows up.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>> >>>> On 7/17/2015 5:24 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
>> >>>>> Hey, Steve. The jumper block's already installed; a friend at HRO
>> >>>>> whom I've known for years did it for me, bless him.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> So, which is right-side up: the side with the tag, or the side
>> >>>>> without?--Matt, N1IBB.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> At 05:04 PM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>> >>>>>> Matt,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> The extra audio cable isn't needed. It's only for use if your
>> >>>>>> radio
>> >>>>>> doesn't have another way of getting audio to the unit.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Be sure you are holding it right side up. Just from
>> memory, I thought
>> >>>>>> the push button was in the lower left corner and not the upper
>> >>>>>> right
>> >>>>>> corner.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> you will need to install the jumper block on the header
>> >> before you do
>> >>>>>> anything else.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On 7/17/2015 4:40 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
>> >>>>>>> Hey, Steve. the toy has arrived. It's a Signal USB 6PM. It
>> >>>>>>> came
>> >>>>>>> with three cables: a USB, A DIN TO RJ45 cable, and a 3.5mm patch
>> >>>>>>> cord. The rear panel has the two connectors, plus a few female
>> >>>>>>> connections. The front panel has a pushbutton in the upper
>> >>>>>>> righthand corner, and three knobs in a row with pointers.
>> >>>>>>> Understand
>> >>>>>>> where the two thicker cables go, but what about the patch cord?
>> >>>>>>> Also, are the installation instructions on the CD? Would like to
>> >>>>>>> do
>> >>>>>>> as much of the install as possible, as my YL is technically
>> >>>>>>> challlenged, hi, hi. Thanks in advance.--Matt, N1IBB.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> At 10:13 AM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> OK Matt,
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Since you don't have enough to read, be sure to read about the
>> >>>>>>>> data mode selection of the 480 and how to set the DSP
>> >>>>>>>> filtering
>> >>>>>>>> for data mode. There is similar filtering in the 590, but I
>> >>>>>>>> don't do it this way so I'm not familiar with it's use.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> You would want to toggle your mode selection until you hear "L
>> >>>>>>>> D"
>> >>>>>>>> meaning lsb data. Menu 45 toggles data filtering on and off,
>> >>>>>>>> but
>> >>>>>>>> you will have to read up on this to figure it all out.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> On 7/17/2015 9:32 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, Steve. Thanks much. The main page is a bit daunting,
>> >>>>>>>>> indeed. However, I will follow your suggestion and review
>> >>>>>>>>> these
>> >>>>>>>>> articles. The new toy is scheduled to arrive sometime
>> >>>>>>>>> today.--Matt, N1IBB.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> At 08:13 AM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>> Matt,
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> A couple of days ago you said you couldn't make anything out
>> >>>>>>>>>> of
>> >>>>>>>>>> the hamradioandvision.com site I had suggested. Since MMTTY
>> >>>>>>>>>> is one of the programs you seem interested in, I've cherry
>> >>>>>>>>>> picked 2 articles on that software from the site:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.hamradioandvision.com/mmtty-accessibility-vision/
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.hamradioandvision.com/mmtty-text-to-speech/
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure there is anything particular to Digipan on the
>> >>>>>>>>>> site, but maybe if you dig deep enough you will find
>> >>>>>>>>>> something.
>> >>>>>>>>>> There is a lot of good info on the site for blind hams, but I
>> >>>>>>>>>> think the main page can be confusing. You will also find
>> >>>>>>>>>> references to software that will give options other than
>> >>>>>>>>>> MMTTY and Digipan.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Once you get your feet wet, go back to the site and poke
>> >>>>>>>>>> around. Things that seem odd today may make sense later on.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>> >>>>>>>>>
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