[Elecraft] Good Low Cost Audio to USB Interfaces For Digital Modes

[Ed Muns]

I also have some iMic units which work well on RTTY and while they have
stereo Line In, but they do not have duplex audio that Iain is looking for.


Ed - W0YK
 

> On 3/8/2012 10:26 PM, wb6rse1 at mac.com wrote:
> > Hi Jim - I've been using a Griffin iMic for years. Reliable. 
> > Inexpensive. FYI.

Jim, K9YC, wrote: 
> Just looked at it.  Looks good, and it might be the same as 
> this one, which W0YK swears by.  He takes them to P40X for 
> his record-breaking RTTY contest efforts. $29.  I just 
> learned about it when I posted the same notes to the NCCC 
> reflector and he responded.
> 
> http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner/product_name=UA580/user-i
> d=/password=/exchange=/exact_match=exact
> 
> Here's Ed response on the NCCC reflector yesterday, including 
> Iain's question to me.
> 
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> 
> I've been using a no-name USB soundcard with my traveling 
> contest PCs for a couple years now with good results.  I 
> discovered recently that it is also marketed by ByteRunner as 
> their model number is UA580.  It does allow full duplex and 
> has stereo Line Input so it works well for SO2V RTTY too.
> Available from several online vendors besides ByteRunner, and 
> under $30.
> 
> Ed - W0YK
> 
> 
> 
> Iain, N6ML, wrote:
> 
> > I'm curious if either of these support "duplex" operation ...
> > i.e. can you connect a mic to the input, connect the output to the 
> > line-in on the K3, and use them for "live audio" as well as 
> recorded 
> > messages for software DVK? Some (all?) of the cheap USB audio 
> > interfaces I've tried didn't seem to be able to do that - 
> they could 
> > record, and playback, but not loop-through...
> 
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