A Pentium 100. :) Wow, that is cool that it doesn't need much processing power.
I had something slightly similar for my Commodore 64 computer, 20 plus years ago. It was a cartridge called simply "SWL" by Microlog and you ran an audio line out from the radio to the cart and listened through the cart's headphone jack for the telltale data whistles, chirps and beeps. I never meesed much with it but did get a Tass press release through a HF Havana RTTY outlet, before Mr. Gorbachev "tore down these walls." 73, Dave in Indy ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:15:47 -0400 From: "Jim Renfrew" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>, "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Chile logged! Message-ID: <d528474d0976442eab0cf19805a53...@user7f8a0d0829> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Wrongo! I logged the Chile signal on my Drake R8, I ran an audio line out of the radio to the computer line in, and voila! I have a Drake R8B as my primary DX machine, but I just park my old R8 on 516.38 all day long, and check the capture log occasionally to see what's come in. There are also NAVTEX broadcasts on 490 kHz, usually in the local language. 518 is generally English. . The signal is audible on the Drake as a data stream of some kind. Each station signs on according to - usually - a four or eight hour schedule on the 10,20,30,40, or 50 minute mark. >From the SeaTTY help tab: "This program is designed to receive weather reports, navigational warnings and weather charts transmitted in RTTY, NAVTEX and HF-FAX (WEFAX) modes on longwave and shortwave bands.It can decode GMDSS DSC (Digital selective-calling system) HF and VHF messages.Software also can automatically save NOAA Weather Radio SAME voice messages (NWR SAME) and them digital headers. Additional hardware is not required - your need only receiver and computer with sound card. Minimal requirement for computer speed is about Pentium-100." I have only used this for NAVTEX on 490 and 518. Jim Renfrew _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
