What settings are you using ? Knowing that I might be able to make a suggestion or two which might improve things to a more tolerable result. First thing I'd try is cutting the recording level in TR back by increments.
Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id <[email protected]> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2); modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA < [email protected]> wrote: > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention > Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. > Registration info: > http://www.nrcdxas.org > > > 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] > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Marc DeLorenzo <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 15:33:41 -0400 > Subject: Mobile DX Recording Question > > Mark Connelly has built for me an amplified whip antenna with magnetic > base that I can mount on the roof of my car for oceanfront DXpeditions. We > tested it in an RFI quiet zone - the local cemetery! - and it works fine > with my JRC NRD-525 receiver. > > The problem is recording DX using Total Recorder on my laptop. The > laptop does not have an audio "line in" jack so I have been trying to use > the microphone jack. It records but the audio playback is quite > distorted. On the laptop I get the following message from Total Recorder: > > "The level of the source signal is too high. Possibly the characteristics > of the sound source do not match those of the soundboard input (e.g. > instead of soundboard's line-in connector, the microphone-in connector is > used.) Recording is possible, but the quality of the recorded sound may > be low." > > Right. I noticed that. The question is what is the solution to the > problem. 20 years ago I had an "attenuating cable" from Radio Shack that > might solve the problem. But, like a dummy, I through it away thinking > that, "I'll never have any use for that." I doubt that RS still carries > this product. > > So, is there a Total Recorder setting that might work? Or, should I scrap > Total Recorder and buy a portable digital recorder? If so, which one? A > digital recorder (with a line-in jack of course) would be better in that it > is smaller and would take up less space in the car. > > Any help appreciated. > > > > Marc DeLorenzo > South Dennis, MA > > > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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]
