On Mar 19, 4:10 pm, John Smith I wrote:

. . . so is it here, set up a simple
interface from sound card output to mike or line in on an xceiver and an
interface from rig out to sound card line in, load up some software and
off you go into digital speech--no einsteins needed, you can pull most
everything off a shelf or download it from the internet (in the amateur
tradition, would be nice if you knew enough to homebrew the
interfaces!), get a high school/college programmer interested in your
project--off ya go!

A piece of cake eh? That's good. When do you expect to post a beta
version?

. . . .

Regards,
JS

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