Leslie, Welcome to the group! I'll echo the other responses to say give it a shot with what you have. If you find that it doesn't give you the performance you desire, you can step up to a higher quality internal or external sound card. Among internal cards PCI, the M-Audio Delta44 is considered one of the best around. For lower cost USB external units, the MP3+ unit you mentioned has gotten relatively good reports. At the higher end of the external spectrum, The Edirol FA-66 is a Firewire connected external unit running at up to 192KHz. The Flex-Radio SDR-1000 list archives have some very good thread, as well as, info in their forums and knowledgebase.
At the end of the day, the best card is the one that gets you on the air and making contacts. 73, N5VFF/YI9VFF - Brian On 12/16/06, Leslie Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi - I just joined yesterday, and this is my first post. I am 70 years old, and although I have a fairly good knowledge of electronics due to having worked as a electronics tech and field engineer for many years, I am somewhat computer illiterate, since it was BC (before computers LOL) when I was working in the field. I recently bought a nice Yaesu FT-920 and am currently building a Fox Delta FD-SC1<http://www.foxdelta.com/products/soundcard.htm> interface kit to connect to my "el cheapo" HP Wal-Mart special computer, which has only on board sound. .........
