> It's curious that we have this relatively tiny box of a radio that
> suffers from poor ergonomics because of it and then we're supposed to
> festoon it with dongles to make it play.
That's unfair and untrue ... there is a distinct disadvantage to
building every option under the sun into a transceiver. The biggest
is that all users pay more for the transceiver *and* the built-in
options (compare the panadapter in an FT-1200 to the P3 or SDR-IQ)
are far inferior to the "best of breed" that can often be had for
little more than the amortized cost of the built-in feature.
If one took your prescription, the K3 would only be available in one
configuration - with all options built-in at double the price of the
base unit.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 5/14/2014 12:42 PM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
Well, they do say opinions are like...
Shout all you want, but it is not imperative that you have a separate
sound card. The computer's integrated sound card can be "dedicated" to
ham radio. Keeping Windows sounds from playing through the radio is no
different from not transmitting outside the band. It's something that
is supposed to be in our skill set.
I have both a SignaLink and a Tascam US-100 (highly recommended by Jim
Brown). On RTTY, neither of these is either better, or worse, than the
built-in card in my laptop, and both require a USB port, something in
short supply.
It's curious that we have this relatively tiny box of a radio that
suffers from poor ergonomics because of it and then we're supposed to
festoon it with dongles to make it play.
Wes N7WS
On 5/14/2014 3:09 AM, Joel Black wrote:
[snip]
This is not directed at you, but it is a preemptive statement to those
who will say you do not *need* the SignaLink: I apologize in advance
for "shouting," YOU NEED A SOUND CARD THAT IS DEDICATED TO AMATEUR
RADIO AND *SEPARATE* FROM YOUR MAIN SOUND. Just yesterday, on 20 m
JT65, I heard someone's WinXP "shutdown" sound over the air. You spent
a couple of thousand on the K3, please be kind enough to the rest of
us to spend another $100 or so and get a nice sound card. Yes, you'll
hear all day that the K3 has the ability to take audio directly from
the sound card. It is a wonderful feature. I use it. I use it with an
amateur radio-dedicated sound card only.
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