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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Re: Contest recording software
From: spa@tri.net (spa)
Date: Fri Apr 23 11:39:47 1999
Getting ready for the CW WPX.  Use CT for logging.  Any comments about good
software to record the contest using SB board (for my personal log checking)?
Could use a different computer with Windows.

Thanks,

N0UU


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>From Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x@kr6x.com  Fri Apr 23 17:05:40 1999
From: Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x@kr6x.com (Leigh S. Jones)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] N0UU software to record the contest using SB board
Message-ID: <001101be8da3$22608890$5469ca96@pacesetter.com>


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For a 30 hour contest you would need ~10 Gbytes of storage if you used =
16 bit audio with CD quality settings.  This suggests using lower =
quality audio settings (8-bits and low rep rate) and compression such as =
u-law.  This type of file cannot be reduced in size by pkzip.exe, ntfs, =
etc., due to the randomness of the data.  If your sound card didn't come =
with software that will continuously stream data to disk for an hour or =
so, then automatically start a new file name, you will have to write =
your own program to do it, because there is not much of a market for =
this type of software.  Or you can babysit the computer all weekend.  =
You probably won't want to create the whole thing in one file -- it =
could exceed the maximum file size that you are capable of handling.  It =
would be more efficient in terms of file storage space to record your =
own sending as text and start a new audio file each time that you stop =
transmitting.  A video tape recorder or DAT has been the method of =
choice for the informed contesters.  It can always be post-processed =
into your computer at your leisure.

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