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On 03/01/2011 08:56 AM, m II wrote:
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On 11-02-27 09:47 PM, bpnjensen wrote:

On Feb 26, 11:49 pm, wrote:
Bruce, why couldn't you just send a "wave file"?

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Burr

Thanks, Burr, I would not rule that out - but I am not sure my
existing software can make or convert to a wavefile (.wav). All I
have is MS and Windows sound recording software (creates a .wma file)
and some software Brenda found for me that can convert to an MP3.

If you or anyone has some ideas about this, I (not being a PC-savvy
person at all) would be most appreciative.

Bruce


Like dave said, concerning the Live Puppy Linux. You can access all your
windows files and do your mp3 changes. There should be full 'net access.

When you're done, removed the cd and reboot the machine. Nothing will
have changed in your existing Windoze setup. that's like taking the
*blue* pill.

All the Live Linux distributions on cd run pretty slow. You can't
compare that speed to a real hard drive installation. There is a 'dual
boot' option in most Linuxes, so you can keep windows where it is and
choose between the systems at startup time.

An extra hard drive is a good option. As you wean yourself off the
inferior, you spend more and more time away from the Gate's nightmare.

Installing it on an older (cheap or free) computer may be also quite
rewarding. There is usually a noticeable speed improvement and a good
feeling about having brought something back from the dead.


mike

Puppy on a Live CD loads into RAM completely and is incredibly fast.

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On Mar 1, 9:09*am, dave wrote:
On 03/01/2011 07:31 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

Thanks for this - A great idea, but expenses being what they are, I am
trying to live with what I have.

I do have a small Olympus vox recorder lying around somewhere - I may
see if I can get it working - but for now, I am using an excellent
quality old-fashioned cassette recorder. *Just last week, I figured
out how to pump the output of this into my PC to make digitized
recordings; just last night, I managed to burn a couple of CDs for
Voice of Russia and Radio Bulgaria (that don't sound half-bad) which I
assume any self-respecting radio station should be able to play back.

This is in every version of windows I ever used. An small mono .wav file
can play on any Windows machine and most Macs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Sound_Recorder

This is what I use - but so far I have not seen the extension ".wav",
only ".wma." Maybe the same thing? Either way, it burns a decent CD,
and I have sent them by e-mail before.

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On Mar 1, 12:07*pm, wrote:
I have been emailing back and forth all morning with a computer
expert.(artiny probally knows who, B B) about computers.I haven't read
any new news updates yet.Lets me git onnnnn with doing that untill the
snail mail runs and then it's back over to the AT&T store and the
Goodwill store.You never know what kind of Goodies, or useless junk you
might find at Goodwill.http://www.shopgoodwill.com*
cuhulin, the junk

AT&T = Nosferatu no* 1 .

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wrote in message ...

I have been emailing back and forth all morning with a computer
expert.(artiny probally knows who, B B) about computers.I haven't read
any new news updates yet.Lets me git onnnnn with doing that untill the
snail mail runs and then it's back over to the AT&T store and the
Goodwill store.You never know what kind of Goodies, or useless junk you
might find at Goodwill.
http://www.shopgoodwill.com
cuhulin, the junk


One man's garbage is another's goodwill...like Linux


mike

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American Goodies and American junk is farrrrr and away Much Betterr than
anything Canada has.You can bet your boots on that! O' Canada.

Yesterday, at that Office Depot store, that pot bellied dude who works
there, he Flat Out Lied to me! He told me if something goes wrong with
HP computer, (it was a HP 600-1350 Touchsmart desktop computer I was
looking at, marked down to $949.99) HP will send you a new computer.

A little while ago when I was in the Sears store electronics department
and I was looking at a couple of little cheap laptop computers (one of
them is a EEPC, the other one is a Toshiba, about 250 something dollars)
the sales clerk guy (he has been with Sears over twenty years, I know
him pretty well) told me the Truth.He said, Use them and then throw them
away.
cuhulin

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On Mar 1, 9:09*am, dave wrote:
On 03/01/2011 07:31 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

Thanks for this - A great idea, but expenses being what they are, I am
trying to live with what I have.

I do have a small Olympus vox recorder lying around somewhere - I may
see if I can get it working - but for now, I am using an excellent
quality old-fashioned cassette recorder. *Just last week, I figured
out how to pump the output of this into my PC to make digitized
recordings; just last night, I managed to burn a couple of CDs for
Voice of Russia and Radio Bulgaria (that don't sound half-bad) which I
assume any self-respecting radio station should be able to play back.

- This is in every version of windows I ever used.
- An small mono .wav file can play on any Windows
- machine and most Macs.
-
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Sound_Recorder

Dave nice Link to things I did not know... :o)

What about "Audacity" [Free} Digital Audio Editor ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity
-other- Digital Audio Editors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_editor

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On Mar 1, 10:13*am, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 1, 9:09*am, dave wrote:



On 03/01/2011 07:31 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

Thanks for this - A great idea, but expenses being what they are, I am
trying to live with what I have.

I do have a small Olympus vox recorder lying around somewhere - I may
see if I can get it working - but for now, I am using an excellent
quality old-fashioned cassette recorder. *Just last week, I figured
out how to pump the output of this into my PC to make digitized
recordings; just last night, I managed to burn a couple of CDs for
Voice of Russia and Radio Bulgaria (that don't sound half-bad) which I
assume any self-respecting radio station should be able to play back.

- - This is in every version of windows I ever used.
- - An small mono .wav file can play on any Windows
- - machine and most Macs.
- -
- - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Sound_Recorder

- This is what I use - but so far I have not seen the
- extension ".wav", only ".wma." *
- Maybe the same thing? *
- Either way, it burns a decent CD,
- and I have sent them by e-mail before.

What is the most universal Audio Format ".wav"
-or- MP3 ? -or- other ?
For International Distribution : Sending Audio QSL Reports ?

Sending Audio QSL Reports : Most Universal Audio Format ".wav" ?-or- MP3 ?
 

On Mar 1, 1:58*pm, RHF wrote:
On Mar 1, 10:13*am, bpnjensen wrote:





On Mar 1, 9:09*am, dave wrote:

On 03/01/2011 07:31 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

Thanks for this - A great idea, but expenses being what they are, I am
trying to live with what I have.

I do have a small Olympus vox recorder lying around somewhere - I may
see if I can get it working - but for now, I am using an excellent
quality old-fashioned cassette recorder. *Just last week, I figured
out how to pump the output of this into my PC to make digitized
recordings; just last night, I managed to burn a couple of CDs for
Voice of Russia and Radio Bulgaria (that don't sound half-bad) which I
assume any self-respecting radio station should be able to play back.

- - This is in every version of windows I ever used.
- - An small mono .wav file can play on any Windows
- - machine and most Macs.
- -
- -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Sound_Recorder

- This is what I use - but so far I have not seen the
- extension ".wav", only ".wma." *
- Maybe the same thing? *
- Either way, it burns a decent CD,
- and I have sent them by e-mail before.

What is the most universal Audio Format ".wav"
-or- MP3 ? -or- other ?
For International Distribution : Sending Audio QSL Reports ?
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- Show quoted text -

This is the $64k question, I guess. Wavefiles are probably the time-
honored standard; MP3 are johnny-come-latelys, although they are by
now a dime-a-dozen. I'll let you know what Russia and Bulgaria send
back :-)

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On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 13:58:43 -0800 (PST), RHF
wrote:

On Mar 1, 10:13*am, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 1, 9:09*am, dave wrote:



On 03/01/2011 07:31 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

Thanks for this - A great idea, but expenses being what they are, I am
trying to live with what I have.

I do have a small Olympus vox recorder lying around somewhere - I may
see if I can get it working - but for now, I am using an excellent
quality old-fashioned cassette recorder. *Just last week, I figured
out how to pump the output of this into my PC to make digitized
recordings; just last night, I managed to burn a couple of CDs for
Voice of Russia and Radio Bulgaria (that don't sound half-bad) which I
assume any self-respecting radio station should be able to play back.

- - This is in every version of windows I ever used.
- - An small mono .wav file can play on any Windows
- - machine and most Macs.
- -
- - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Sound_Recorder

- This is what I use - but so far I have not seen the
- extension ".wav", only ".wma." *
- Maybe the same thing? *
- Either way, it burns a decent CD,
- and I have sent them by e-mail before.

What is the most universal Audio Format ".wav"
-or- MP3 ? -or- other ?
For International Distribution : Sending Audio QSL Reports ?
.

From Wikipedia:
* The ABC "D-Cart" system, which was developed by the Australian
broadcaster, uses 48 kHz 16 bit two channel .wav files, which is
identical to that of Digital Audio Tape.
* The Digital Radio Mondiale consortium uses WAV files as an
informal standard for transmitter simulation and receiver testing.

Jim

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On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 13:58:43 -0800 (PST), RHF
wrote:

On Mar 1, 10:13*am, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 1, 9:09*am, dave wrote:



On 03/01/2011 07:31 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

Thanks for this - A great idea, but expenses being what they are, I am
trying to live with what I have.

I do have a small Olympus vox recorder lying around somewhere - I may
see if I can get it working - but for now, I am using an excellent
quality old-fashioned cassette recorder. *Just last week, I figured
out how to pump the output of this into my PC to make digitized
recordings; just last night, I managed to burn a couple of CDs for
Voice of Russia and Radio Bulgaria (that don't sound half-bad) which I
assume any self-respecting radio station should be able to play back.

- - This is in every version of windows I ever used.
- - An small mono .wav file can play on any Windows
- - machine and most Macs.
- -
- - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Sound_Recorder

- This is what I use - but so far I have not seen the
- extension ".wav", only ".wma." *
- Maybe the same thing? *
- Either way, it burns a decent CD,
- and I have sent them by e-mail before.

What is the most universal Audio Format ".wav"
-or- MP3 ? -or- other ?
For International Distribution : Sending Audio QSL Reports ?
.

How about media for international distribution? I would think the 3"
mini CD would be ideal. Very light and fits in a small envelope.
Anyone using these for reports?

Jim(MI)