dxAce wrote:

His sound card broke some years ago and he hasn't replaced it yet.

Don't need it as I've radios galore! You should really try radio, little girl.


You're right, of course. You don't need it.

http://www.davesway.com/frenchas.wav

The rest of us think they are fun.


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RHF wrote:

- How do you do ham radio without a sound card?

Ham Radio 'existed' before the so-called "Sound Card".

For that matter Radio was 'history' way before the "Sound Card".
radio just listen ~ RHF

The sound card makes decoding fax, rtty, etc. signals a lot easier. Let
software do the translation instead of buying a dedicated piece of
equipment for each type of signal. A sound card saves money.

May I suggest a few links?

http://tinyurl.com/68vbj3



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On Aug 25, 3:42*pm, m II wrote:
RHF wrote:
- How do you do ham radio without a sound card?
Ham Radio 'existed' before the so-called "Sound Card".

For that matter Radio was 'history' way before the "Sound Card".
radio just listen ~ RHF

The sound card makes decoding fax, rtty, etc. signals a lot easier. Let
*software do the translation instead of buying a dedicated piece of
equipment for each type of signal. A sound card saves money.

May I suggest a few links?

http://tinyurl.com/68vbj3

mike


may i suggest - radio just listen ~ RHF

On Aug 25, 4:31*pm, Dave wrote:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:20:53 -0700, RHF wrote:

Ham Radio 'existed' before the so-called "Sound Card".

For that matter Radio was 'history' way before the "Sound Card".

radio just listen ~ RHF
*.

- The point of amateur radio is to not "just listen",
- but to transmit as well. *There are several "digital"
- modes that use a PC sound card, and these are
- a hoot. You can "listen" to PSK31 very easily:
-
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpBGh9RMEQ
-
- It's quite the sensation; *you can work the world
- with 10 Watts or less.

the point of shortwave radio listening (swl) is to . . .
listen to the radio - be it voice or code ~ RHF

RHF wrote:
On Aug 25, 4:31 pm, Dave wrote:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:20:53 -0700, RHF wrote:

Ham Radio 'existed' before the so-called "Sound Card".
For that matter Radio was 'history' way before the "Sound Card".
radio just listen ~ RHF
.
- The point of amateur radio is to not "just listen",
- but to transmit as well. There are several "digital"
- modes that use a PC sound card, and these are
- a hoot. You can "listen" to PSK31 very easily:
-
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpBGh9RMEQ
-
- It's quite the sensation; you can work the world
- with 10 Watts or less.

the point of shortwave radio listening (swl) is to . . .
listen to the radio - be it voice or code ~ RHF

The word "listen" doesn't appear in the name of the group. The hobby is
about technical skills. Any mouth-breather can buy fancy radios and
string up a wire and hear a 100,000 (and up) Watts radio station from
the other side of the world; it takes a lot of skill and a lot of luck
to see someone typing on a keyboard in New Zealand working the Pacific
Northwest on 5 Watts. PSK31 is more efficient than CW.

Dave wrote:

RHF wrote:
On Aug 25, 4:31 pm, Dave wrote:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:20:53 -0700, RHF wrote:

Ham Radio 'existed' before the so-called "Sound Card".
For that matter Radio was 'history' way before the "Sound Card".
radio just listen ~ RHF
.
- The point of amateur radio is to not "just listen",
- but to transmit as well. There are several "digital"
- modes that use a PC sound card, and these are
- a hoot. You can "listen" to PSK31 very easily:
-
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpBGh9RMEQ
-
- It's quite the sensation; you can work the world
- with 10 Watts or less.

the point of shortwave radio listening (swl) is to . . .
listen to the radio - be it voice or code ~ RHF

The word "listen" doesn't appear in the name of the group. The hobby is
about technical skills. Any mouth-breather can buy fancy radios and
string up a wire and hear a 100,000 (and up) Watts radio station from
the other side of the world; it takes a lot of skill and a lot of luck
to see someone typing on a keyboard in New Zealand working the Pacific
Northwest on 5 Watts.

See them? Is that that 'remote viewing' that I hear about on C2C?

dxAce wrote:

Any mouth-breather can buy fancy radios and
string up a wire and hear a 100,000 (and up) Watts radio station from
the other side of the world; it takes a lot of skill and a lot of luck
to see someone typing on a keyboard in New Zealand working the Pacific
Northwest on 5 Watts.

See them? Is that that 'remote viewing' that I hear about on C2C?


No. It's like RTTY, only with lower case letters and backspace.

Dave wrote:

See them? Is that that 'remote viewing' that I hear about on C2C?


No. It's like RTTY, only with lower case letters and backspace.


Trust the drunk to associate ham radio with 'psychic' phenomena. I
notice the lower case lettering is in addition to the formerly all caps.
display. Neat.



mike



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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:42:20 +0000, m II wrote:

Dave wrote:

See them? Is that that 'remote viewing' that I hear about on C2C?


No. It's like RTTY, only with lower case letters and backspace.


Trust the drunk to associate ham radio with 'psychic' phenomena. I
notice the lower case lettering is in addition to the formerly all caps.
display. Neat.



Full ascii character set, as far as I can tell. I use gMFSK.

http://gmfsk.connect.fi/

On Aug 26, 5:38*am, Dave wrote:
RHF wrote:
On Aug 25, 4:31 pm, Dave wrote:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:20:53 -0700, RHF wrote:

Ham Radio 'existed' before the so-called "Sound Card".
For that matter Radio was 'history' way before the "Sound Card".
radio just listen ~ RHF
*.
- The point of amateur radio is to not "just listen",
- but to transmit as well. *There are several "digital"
- modes that use a PC sound card, and these are
- a hoot. You can "listen" to PSK31 very easily:
-
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpBGh9RMEQ
-
- It's quite the sensation; *you can work the world
- with 10 Watts or less.

the point of shortwave radio listening (swl) is to . . .
listen to the radio - be it voice or code ~ RHF

- The word "listen" doesn't appear in the name
- of the group.

And clearly you do not listen.

-*The hobby is about technical skills.

Honestly the 'hobby' in it simplist form
it is basically listening to the radio.

-*Any mouth-breather can buy fancy radios and
- string up a wire and hear a 100,000 (and up)
- Watts radio station from the other side of the world;

That is what makes Shortwave Radio Listening (SWL)
a common-man's Hobby -cause- any mouth-breather
can do it and enjoy it : Without getting into becoming
a Techno-Phobic Zealot.

-*it takes a lot of skill and a lot of luck to see someone
- typing on a keyboard in New Zealand working the Pacific
- Northwest on 5 Watts.

For the simple ENJOYMENT of Listening to the Radio
skill and luck are basic :
* Skill Turn-On the Radio
* Luck to Turn-In something to Listen to and Enjoy.

-*PSK31 is more efficient than CW.

Nothing more 'basic' {efficient} then the Sound of Voice,
Song and Music to the Human Ear -and- We All Can Do It ! )

Dave,

For Me Life is Simple : All I need is a Radio with
a built-in Speaker : NO SOFTWARE REGUIRED.

just another mouth-breating shortwave radio listener ~ RHF