[Trlog] DVK

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 05:20:11PM +0000, kd4d at comcast.net wrote:
> Hi Scott:
> 
> I forgot about that one.
> 
>  think the W9XT card looks to the TR software like a DVK...in
> other words, it looks like a parallel port.  I guess it must store
> its voice files on the hard disk as well?  I've never used one of
> these.

The W9XT card (my preference) stores the messages on the card itself
in a static memory chip.  The current version of the card can store 
four 15 second messages (more than enough in my experience).  It is, 
however, an ISA bus card, and essentially no new computers have an 
ISA bus any more.  Does anyone have instructions/idea on putting a 
W9XT card in an external enclosure and driving it from a parallel 
port?

> 
> 73,
> 
> Mark
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Scott Neader KA9FOX <ka9fox at qth.com>
> > The W9XT contest cards work too, right?
> > 
> > - Scott
> > 
> > At 12:09 PM 5/7/2007, kd4d at comcast.net wrote:
> > >Hi Bob:
> > >
> > >There are three devices that I know of that TR supports for
> > >voice keying.  These are the old ISA DVP (Digital Voice
> > >Processor) which is an ISA plug-in card, using a
> > >Soundblaster-compatible built-in soundcard and a program
> > >called sbdvp that makes it look like a DVP, and an external
> > >DVK (Digital Voice Keyer) which is driven from a parallel
> > >port.
> > >
> > >Using the SBDVP requires running a seperate program
> > >(sbdvp) before running TR and setting it up correctly.
> > >Also, only some soundcards are supported - I suspect
> > >mostly older ones.
> > >
> > >The DVK is what I mostly use.  In that case, the DVK
> > >is driven by the parallel port and messages are recorded
> > >on the DVK.  In the other two cases, the messages are
> > >recorded on the DOS computer's hard disk.  Many people
> > >use a RAM disk for improved performance for these files.
> > >
> > >Which device are you going to use?
> > >
> > >73,
> > >
> > >Mark, KD4D
> > >
> > >
> > >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > >From: "Robert Tellefsen" <n6wg at comcast.net>
> > > > I'm interested in adding DVK to my use of TR.
> > > > However, I'm a little vague on where the audio
> > > > recordings are stored.  Are they on another
> > > > computer, triggered from the one hosting TR?
> > > >
> > > > If they are in the same computer as TR, does
> > > > DOS have provision for recording audio?
> > > > I'm pretty vague on the audio capabilities of
> > > > DOS, as I've only used TR for CW so far.
> > > >
> > > > Any insights would be appreciated.
> > > > 73, Bob N6WG
> > > >
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