[WriteLog] Re: [RTTY] New Turtle Beach Sound Cards

[Robert McGwier]

The Turtle Beach Santa Cruz is the best 16 bit sound card I have ever
tested.  What did I mean when I posted this sentiment?  I meant that
as a tool for the transfer of analog signals using 16 bit A/D and D/A


1) It had the highest SNR of any tested
2) It had the lowest IMD of any tested
3) It had the lowest stereo crosstalk of any tested
4) It had the least disparity between published A/D, D/A rates and reality
   of any tested
5) It had the largest total dynamic range of any tested.

I have used it repeatedly and for extended periods of time as my RTTY card.

I do not do SO2R and never considered the lack of a mute on the SHARED !!
Line In/Mike   circuit to be a problem since I only use hard keyed FSK.

There are separate plugs for Microphone and Line/In, but they different
only by the Microphone plug is followed by a microphone amplifier.

I will put the results for this card on my home web page and then publish
the link here.

Bob McGwier
N4HY


-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Jerry Pixton
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:35 PM
To: FireBrick; Masa Miura, AJ3M; RTTY at contesting.com; Writelog List
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Re: [RTTY] New Turtle Beach Sound Cards


All sound cards afectionados,

I thought we were getting GOOD reports on the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card?
A 7b does not sound good to me? What is the truth?

I saw so many obvious bit errors in the BARTG that I was ready to go order
a Santa Cruz today to try.

Unusual amount of bit errors, about half of the weak stations got my call
as w1ihg/4. Judging from the other errors I saw, the errors were likely in
decoding on my end.  The clone windows saved the day, but then I got 4
different versions of a serial number at times, HI

Lots of missing letters. (due to sound card ??????)

Jerry, W6IHG