[FARC] Digital Problems

Tue Oct 14 21:32:51 EDT 2008

There are a lot of dud USB to Serial converters out there.  It is hard
to tell by brand as they can vary model to model.  I've never used it
but I heard that this one worked well for ham applications:
http://www.westmountainradio.com/Image/StoreConfigs/usb2serial.htm

I really want to get one of these:
http://usinterface.com/naviusa_005.htm
It is the top of the top of the line but it comes with a top of the
line price too!

73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Kirk Talbott <kirktal7237 at msn.com> wrote:
> Bob, Vista Home Premium works fine with all my regular use applications as
> you mentioned.  However on my Dell laptop Vista Home Premium was lousy, a
> real squirrel cage,  so I got rid of the computer.   My "hamware" and
> USB/Serial converter drivers didn't exactly work problem-free on Windows XP
> either so I'm between a rock and a hard place.   I'll probably just give up
> on the ham digital applications as I'm tired of the frustration, just
> thought somebody might have conquered it.   I've already uninstalled
> everything and packed it all away.
>
> 73
> KB3ONM
> Kirk
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Bob Moroney" <windbrkr at erols.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:17 PM
> To: "Frederick, Maryland ARC" <farc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [FARC] Digital Problems
>
>> Kirk,
>>
>> You could get a legal OEM copy of Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3
>> for about $90 at newegg.com, then just install it over Vista and be done
>> with it.   This approach would avoid a dual-boot system.
>>
>> We have Vista on an HP laptop, and it works fine.  It works fine, that is,
>> for what we do with it, which is mainly email, web browsing (non-Microsoft
>> Thunderbird and Firefox), MS Office stuff and the like.  It does not include
>> running any Ham Radio support software.
>>
>> Lots of folks have run into what you're experiencing (driver and device
>> incompatibilities with Vista), and gotten little or no satisfaction from
>> Microsoft support.  For this reason, Vista seems to have earned the
>> "junkware" designation from some authoritative folks in the industry.
>> I'd dearly like to replace my old 6-year old Pentium desktop system with a
>> dual-core, quad processor 64-bit behemoth with 8GB of RAM, but the 64-bit
>> version of Vista just isn't ready for prime time.  From what I've been able
>> to glean from various sources, the 64-bit version of Vista is basically
>> double the problems of 32-bit Vista.  (I knew there had to be a reason for
>> it costing more...)
>>
>> It seems to be an OS jungle out there right now.  Good luck ...
>>
>> 73, Bob K9CMR
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Kirk Talbott wrote:
>>>
>>> Is anyone out there doing Packet, RTTY, or PSK31 with Windows Vista Home
>>> Premium?  If you are I would like to know what digital interface you are
>>> using, what USB/Serial adapter you are using, and what soundcard
>>> applications you are using.
>>>  I recently got a new Dell computer with Windows Vista Home Premium as
>>> the operating system and the following problems occurred which rendered all
>>> my digital Ham applications inoperable:
>>>  My Belkin USB/Serial adapter cable driver does not work on Windows Vista
>>> Home Premium.  This prevents me from using my Kantronics KPC-3 Plus TNC or
>>> the internal TNC included with my Kenwood TS-2000 radio.  The KPC-3 Plus TNC
>>> is no longer in the product line of Kantronics and is no longer supported by
>>> Kantronics.
>>>  The driver for my West Mountain Rigblaster Plus digital interface does
>>> not work on Windows Vista Home Premium.
>>>  Windows Vista Home Premium will not install correctly any of the Ham
>>> application soundcard programs, MMTTY, WinPSK, MixW, Digipan, et. al., which
>>> were included with the Rigblaster Plus digital interface.  The error I
>>> receive on installation is "Cannot locate a soundcard."  The brand new Dell
>>> computer I have came with Realtek High Definition Audio so I assume this is
>>> the soundcard.  In any event, the programs that came on the Rigblaster Plus
>>> software library CD won't work with or can't recognize the Realtek
>>> soundcard. Windows Vista Home Premium does not have a terminal emulator
>>> program, like Windows Hyperterminal on Windows XP, so I cannot run Packet on
>>> Windows Vista.  I thought maybe I could use AIRMAIL to run Packet in "Dumb
>>> Terminal" mode which I had done on Windows XP but AIRMAIL is not compatible
>>> with Windows Vista. So again, if anyone out there is running Ham digital
>>> soundcard applications on Windows Vista Home Premium I'd like to know what
>>> you're running and how you're doing it.  And right off the get go, no, I do
>>> not want to run a dual-boot, multi-operating system configuration on my
>>> computer just to run old Ham digital soundcard apps. 73
>>> KB3ONM
>>> Kirk
>>
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