[Dx4win] we lost the 5th soundcard in 803

[Dick Flanagan]

At 05:39 PM 12/14/2009, Larry Gauthier \(K8UT\) wrote:
 >Turtle Beach and Creative are two manufacturers that have been around for a
 >long time and have products around $20. My only complaint with Creative is
 >that its drivers do not allow you to use a stereo input fed from two
 >applications.

Is there a way to determine from an examination of the card 
specifications if this operation is possible?

 >I chase DX on RTTY with two instances of MMTTY - one from rcv1
 >feeding the DX station audio into the left channel and the other from rcv2
 >feeding the pile-up into the right channel. That scenario will not work with
 >a Creative Soundblaster card.

Just as a "for instance," what cards do use?

 >A "clone" soundcard you might consider is the StarTech cards - I have not
 >used them but know hams who have and were pleased with them. About 21/2 the
 >price of the name brands, and they list Vista driver support.

The Turtle Beach Riviara looks reasonable.  It doesn't have S/P DIF 
output, but its Win 7 drivers are already available.  The Turtle 
Beach Montego seems a bit over-kill, but has full S/P DIF I/O and 
their Win 7 drivers are expected out by the end of the month.  The 
only reason I am dwelling a bit on S/P DIF is my radio (ICOM IC-7700) 
supports both S/P DIF input and output.

I want to thank the moderators of this group for their indulgence 
with this OT subject.  You and I should probably take this off-line.

Dick
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Dick Flanagan K7VC
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