Hi All, Does it really matter that the Delta 44 has only pseudo-balanced inputs since the SDR-1000 only has unbalanced inputs and outputs?
73 de Phil N8VB On 8/5/05, Mike Naruta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gentlemen, > > I was disappointed to learn that the Delta 44 only > has pseudo-balanced inputs, but it's good to understand that. > > The phone jacks on a dongle is a bit of a nuisance, > but if want something light to use for travel, at > least you have access to the sound card through a > readily-available connector and can wire your own cable. > > The miniature phone jacks on the SDR-1000 are a weak point. > If my SDR-1000 behaves oddly, the first thing I check > is the miniature phone plugs. I never check the phone > plugs on the Delta 44 jack box. Why? Because they are > a reliable connection. > > Ma Bell made TONS of these. The country's communication > system ran on phone jacks. Why are they used in guitars? > Can you imagine one with a miniature phone jack? They'd > be falling out all the time or getting snapped off. > The miniature phone plug arrived with the transistor radio > as a way of making an earphone connection with a physically > smaller plug/jack. > > The concept of the SDR-1000 is to use the minimum hardware > necessary and utilize a PC with a sound card to do the rest. > Sound cards predominately use miniature phone jacks. > You can go to the local store and buy a cable to go from > the SDR-1000 to a sound card. I still don't have a tool > to crimp the connections on an RJ-45. I hate using the > miniature phones and there are other connectors that have > merits over the miniature phone, but I think it was the > appropriate design choice. > > Mike AA8K > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > -- Philip A Covington vHMI Automation, Inc. http://www.vhmiautomation.com http://www.philcovington.com
