[Elecraft] OT Sound Card and USB to Serial Port Hub

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> The StarTech has 
> basically the exact same specs, but Joe you suggest that it 
> won't work correctly for RTTY?

I'm not familiar with StarTech but most of the simple four 
port USB cards use FTDI or Prolific chipsets that do not 
support low speeds.  Edgeport uses an Intel chip. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 



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> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Julius 
> Fazekas n2wn
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 12:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT Sound Card and USB to Serial Port Hub
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks folks...
> 
> Jim and Joe, 
> 
> I see Edgeport 4 boxes for sale on ebay, versus Edgeport/4, 
> not sure what or if there is anything different between the 
> versions. The Digi website didn't help. The StarTech has 
> basically the exact same specs, but Joe you suggest that it 
> won't work correctly for RTTY?
> 
> For basic sound, the onboard sound card will work fine, but 
> doubt it would be sufficient for SDR purposes.
> 
> I'm not willing to spend the time or money to build a custom 
> computer. Ham specs are bad enough, computer components specs 
> are downright terrifying considering how many variations 
> there are... I don't mind an outboard port box, much simpler 
> solution...
> 
> Cheers,
> Julius
> 
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