I second Kerry on this. Power SDR is probably a more competent software but I have on and off tried to get it to work and I can say for sure that if Power SDR would have been the only software out there I would never been using the Softrocks for anything more than a toy.
I have a bit over 200 QSO'n logged on my Softrocks and they are my primary radio. I have a TS-520 but I rarely use it. I started with M0KGK but when Alex included straight key support I switched to Rocky. I tried many times to get PowerSDR to work and it is quite easy to make it receive but I have yet to figure out the user interface and I can't make the side tone behave even decent. I tried tonight to re-install and again try to configure it but no luck so far. It sends and receive but the delay on the side tone makes it useless for anything over 5 wpm for me. Some day I might get it right but my life is to short to spend hours with unproductive configuration exercises. Maybe someday someone publish a settings guide that will make it work for me but until then I will stay with Rocky. Unless you are going for SSB I really recommend you to start with Rocky. The only thing I had to do was to go in to the sound panel and check and un-check the line in mute checkbox each time I re-boot my computer. I run the 6.2 RX/TX, (have three of them), Soundblaster live 24 in a Dell Precision Dual Xenon 2.8GHz machine. Ulf K1ULF kerrygeek1 wrote: > > Hi, Matt. I just recently got my rxtx on the air using Rocky. It's > very simple and may not have all the bells and whistles of some of the > other software but it works fine. If you go to the help in Rocky it > has a diagram to tell you how to hook it up to transmit. > > I'm using 2 different sound cards, receiving on an internal Sound > Blaster Live 24 and transmitting on an external USB Sound Blaster > MP3+. I'm still trying to figure out how to make it work with a > single card but the way it's working now seems to be fine. I've had > several QSOs with it at one watt on a homebrew vertical. > > If you look in the "files" section, there's an interface that Tony > sells for Rocky but it's only something like 4 parts, I built mine > right on the 1/4" stereo phone plug I mounted on the side of the box I > mounted my rig in. I used a DB9 connector and ran a serial cable from > the computer to the rig. > > Good luck! > Kerry > WD5ABC > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:softrock40%40yahoogroups.com>, Matt Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Roftrock v6.2 RXTX 20/30 > > > > Jack Colson wrote: > > > > > > Hello Matt, > > > Which version SoftRock are you working with? > > > > > > 73, > > > Jack, W3TMZ > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > *From:* Matt Patterson <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:softrock40%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:softrock40%40yahoogroups.com>> > > > *Sent:* Saturday, May 10, 2008 10:06 PM > > > *Subject:* [softrock40] Transmit with Softrock > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Are there instructions somewhere that show how to get Rocky > setup to > > > transmit with a single soundcard? I have my softrock successfully > > > receiving signals now and would like to try and make a contact. > > > > > > 73 Matt > > > W5LL > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG. > > > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.14/1425 - Release Date: > > > 5/9/2008 12:38 PM > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.10/1421 - Release Date: 5/7/2008 > 5:23 PM >
