[RTTY] Sound Card Options

[David Hachadorian]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Earl" <n5zm at arrl.net>
To: "RTTY" <RTTY at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 2:47 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Sound Card Options

> The new computer is a Dell Dimension E510 (3.0 Ghz/512 
> Ram/80GB SATA HD) with 7
> USB Ports (no serial ports) and two available PCI Slots. 
> But came without a
> sound card.

That machine should have on-board sound. Give it a try. It 
may be all you need.

My on-board sound (different from yours) works fb for rtty 
decoding, but has a little digital noise on its output when 
I use it on SSB, so I went to the SB Live 24. That card 
works fb, even though it flunks the soundboard test. The 
only disadvantage to the SB 24 is that it only has one input 
jack, which is software configured to be either a mic or 
line in, a minor nuisance when switching between rtty and 
ssb.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ