[WriteLog] voice keying with internal radio sound card

[Don AA5AU]

 OK, for grins I tried using my voice files using the IC-7610 internal sound card and it didn't work. I tried using USB and USB-D modes. I had the IC-7610 CODEC set as sound card for transmit in WL Sound Board mixer control. 
Since that didn't work, I then connected my onboard sound card output to the microphone input (like I did it back in 2018) and it worked after setting the onboard sound card for transmit in WL Sound Board mixer control. I made a contact in the contest.
So I'm not sure why I can't use the '7610 USB supplied sound card. Missing something. Maybe I'll open up the Help file next.
Don AA5AU
    On Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 04:48:20 PM CST, Don AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net> wrote:  
 
  There was a very good article in the January 2012 CQ magazine by Jamie Dpuree, NS3T, titled "Who Needs a Microphone for a Phone Contest?". I still have a copy and back in 2018 I used the article to help me set up voice files for WriteLog using a program called Audacity https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
I used a $5 mic/headset to record the files. During the ARRL International Grid Chase in 2018, I entered as many contests as I could. Not one who enjoys yelling into a microphone, I was able to use my voice files with WriteLog to run several PHONE contests without having to use a microphone. It was just like CW and RTTY, just working the keyboard.
You can find past issues of CQ magazine, including the January 2012 issue here:
https://hamcall.net/cq
73, Don AA5AU

    On Friday, February 28, 2025 at 04:38:10 PM CST, Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 hi - I don't phone contests very often, you will be able to tell in a
second. :)

I have a radio that has an internal sound card on a USB port. Let's say
what kind of radio doesn't matter for the moment**. What I want to do is be
able to record my messages using the microphone on the radio using
shift+Fn, thus creating a .wav file, and play them back using using my Fn
keys.

This seems like it would be perfectly obvious how to do this but after
googling and trying stuff for quite a while, I'm left stumped. I'm not
getting a recording, no .wav file is showing up. I know the mic is working.
Help?

thanks! - jeff wk6i

** I'm currently trying to get this working on a K4 to see how it's done,
but later I'm going to another shack where I'm going to want to set this up
on an FTDX10. Thus the generic question.


-- 
Jeff Stai ~ WK6I ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
RTTY op at W7RN
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