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OK, thanks very much, Russ.
Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
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From: Russ Johnson <[email protected]>
To: Marc DeLorenzo <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, Sep 2, 2016 4:16 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Mobile DX Recording Question
Yes. I bought some recently from MCM I think. Very inexpensive. I bet
attenuation patch cords are available from non Radio Shack sources. I will see
what I can find tonight or Saturday for you.
On Friday, September 2, 2016, Marc DeLorenzo <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for the quick response Russ. Is there such a product that is
commercially available? Or, do you mean building one myself? The second
option is a no-go due to my lack of technical ability.
Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Johnson <[email protected]>
To: Marc DeLorenzo <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, Sep 2, 2016 3:36 pm
Subject: Re: Mobile DX Recording Question
What about trying an in line volume control
> On Sep 2, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Marc DeLorenzo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
>
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