[RTTY] usb sound card??

[nospam4me@pobox.com]

Hi Noel,
As with so many things in the PC world, the answer is "it depends." A USB
sound interface may not provide any better performance than a PCI sound
card, or it may perform better. One specification that matters is the number
of bits used to digitize the analog signal. In general more is better. But a
poorly designed 20 bit USB audio interface may not be any better than a good
16 bit card. For a lot more detailed information see W7AY's comments at:
http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/rtty/2005-March/014266.html

As Chen points out it depends not only on the quality of the sound card but
also whether your operating system and RTTY software can make use of the
greater A/D resolution.

And in general with sound cards you get what you pay for.
73,
Doug, K4DSP

-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of NOEL POULIN
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:08 PM
To: RTTY at contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] usb sound card??


Hi All
I was told that a USB sounbd card was better than a regular one to copy
RTTY. Wondering if anybody has experienced this??? Would be interested to
know... Thanks NOEL 
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