[TRLog] PTT output from the parallel port

[Larry Menzel]

Hello everyone,

I have had some great success with TRLog and SBDVP which uses a Sound
Blaster card to do all the work.

Check out the free software and information at:
http://fermi.la.asu.edu/w9cf/sbdvp/

What you are able to do with this program and the SB card, is have all the
same memory flexibility of TRLog
in the CW mode but in SSB.  In other words, you can record YOUR voice in all
the F, ALT-, and CTL memories
just like in cw.  WOW, neat...I have lots of messages recorded and can move
them from contest to contest
dependent upon the exchange required.

This works extremely well with my SO2R Master from Array Solutions as well,
and BIG advantage here is
that just like in cw, TR knows when the transmission is complete and unkeys
the transmitter...Neat, eh?

Now, here are a couple other things.  First. For SSB 'tests, you have to run
TR in a DOS window inside Windows to take
advantage of the Windows soundcard drivers.  I've done this now quite a few
times, and it seems to work just
fine.  I have a PII 333MHz machine, so it's fast enough to handle it...don't
know what it'll do on a slower or
older machine.  Second.  All sound inputs must be done with a mike connected
to the sound card, which means
that you can't record on the fly, like with the DVK board, unless you have a
separate mic hooked up all the time.
Third.  You have to build a simple DTSP switch to be able to use your
headset or mic.  My Heil is wired into
the little switch and I use a footswitch to go between the microphone and
the soundcard input to the SO2R box...
works great.  My SO2R Master then directs the mic input to the radio that's
"hot" at the moment.

I'll be happy to correspond with anyone who wants to try it and has problems
getting it going.  The only
small things are recorder input levels, etc,. and you need someone to listen
on your frequency so as to
set your mic gain for undistorted SSB levels.

Good Luck, and 73

Larry N0XB
Northfield, MN

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-trlog@contesting.com [mailto:owner-trlog@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Udo DL2ZAV
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:09 PM
To: trlog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TRLog] PTT output from the parallel port


On 10 Jan 2002 at 14:23, kl7ra wrote:

>
>
> I also noticed the PTT is not enabled when DVK is used. I have
> the voice keyer PTT run the radio but I was hoping to use the
> delay feature. This would allow the relays to lock up in the home brew
> amps before the  DVK pulse went positive.
>
> I would vote to add it unless I missed something in the setup as well.
>
> >voice keyer (Speech Master) calling CQ from pin 3. I have PTT working
> >fine when operating CW, or with the footswitch What I don't have is
> >PTT output in conjunction with the voice keyer.
> >    In a single mode contest, or on the low bands, I can work around
> >this. What I was hoping to do, was to
> >make the station as "Fool Resistant" as possable for VHF Contests. My
> >goal was to have that single point PTT output from TR, key a
> >sequencer, therby protecting preamps and relays.
> >    I've read all the .CFG commands and I don't see any way to enable
> >PTT that is related to pin 3.
>

TR can't manage PTT because it does not know when the DVK message is over.
See Tree's post of 04-Sep-2001:

>
> >
> > I think the problem is that TR doesn´t know when my SSB message
> > ends, so it stays on "inactive" radio untill I transmit again
> > to "active" radio something via keyboard.
>
> That is probably exactly the problem.
>
> I have used TR on SSB with two radios with the DVP.  It has the
> ability to tell me when it is busy sending and when it is done.
>
> The DVKs do not have that feature.
>
> Currently, I don't know any way to work around this.
>
> Tree
>

--
73, Udo
dl2zav@darc.de

Ich funke mit TR-Log von N6TR:
http://www.trlog.onlinehome.de


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