[WriteLog] Soundcard DVP

[jclark at brownjanitorsupply.com]

I am very new to Write Log and this years CQWW was my first time to try the sound card DVK. All I did was record my messages useing the windows sound recrder with my Heil Headset now I used the the Line Input Jack. Set the format according to the info obtained on the webb site. Then save them under the msg1.wav etc file names. Told write log where to find them.

After getting my playback levels set using the wtitelog soundcard setup program. I had absolutely no trouble using the sound card during the contest. I ran a jumper from the speaker jack to the audio in jack on my FT-920 I did have to use an isolation transformer.

Good luck, as I mentioned I had no trouble at all. 
John N5ER
----- Original Message -----
From: John Lindmeier
Sent: 10/29/2003 1:54:24 PM
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] Soundcard DVP

> I have read over the posts to the reflector about the problems using the
> soundcard as a DVP in Writelog.  I have been fighting with this problem for
> a year since we changed to Writelog from CT at N3AD's.  In the CQWW Phone in
> 2002 we used release 10.34.  In the ARRL DX Phone, we used release 10.38.
> In the CQWW Phone 2003, we used release 10.42.  All these releases have had
> the same problems.  These problems are:
> 
> 1 - Press F1 to call CQ with a recorded message.  Radio click on and off
> with no message played.  This is the same thing that happens when you try
> and play a wave file before you record one.  It looks like the program
> looses its pointer to the location of the wave file.  The only way to
> recover is to exit & restart Writelog.
> 
> 2 - Press shift-F1 to record a message.  Press F1 to play back the message
> and the old message is played.  The new message is not recorded.  The
> recovery for this is to reboot the PC.
> 
> 3 - Press a function key to play a recorded message and no sound is played.
> Radio stays in transmit for the length of the message but no audio is sent.
> The recovery for this is to reboot the PC.
> 
> Last weekend, I kept a log of how many times we had to exit and restart
> writelog or have to reboot the PC and restart writelog.  That log has 63
> enteries.  This is totally un-acceptable.  It is very frustrating to be in a
> good run and have to exit & restart writelog.  I have been fighting this for
> a year and that is enough.
> 
> We have 4 PCs running Win98SE.  The soundcards are all soundblaster 16's
> (CT-2940).  I have sent all of this information to k5dj at Writelog.com and
> have been totally ignored.  At N3AD, we are going back to CT.
> 
> I have only had this happen once while single-op.  But all my multi-multis
> have been a disaster.  And, its only worse since the writelog folks won't
> acknowledge the problem.
> 
> I wish everyone experiencing this problem the best of luck dealing with it.
> 
> 73 - John - K3ZV
> 
> 
> 
> 
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