[Fists] MP3 Player Tip

[Bill Evans]

When I play the ARRL MP-3 files on my PC with Windows Media
Player 7.1 the keying is very "hard" and produces clicks in
the audio to my speakers that I find unacceptable.  Is
anyone else having this problem with the ARRL files?  Is
there a "fix"?

Bill Evans  VE4UD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Davis" <n9avg@att.net>
To: <fists@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:43 AM
Subject: [Fists] MP3 Player Tip


> Friends.
>
> I drive one hour each way to work everyday. I don't
operate mobile from my
> car. But I have recently picked up a handy little device
that lets me get in
> some code practice while driving.
>
> These little MP3 players have gotten pretty cheap. I
picked up a Rio400 at
> Best Buy for $39 a few weeks ago. It is slightly smaller
than a pack of
> cigarettes and runs on batteries. It even came with
ear-bud style
> headphones. It has 64MB of storage so it holds hours of
MP3 files. It
> connects to my PC via USB for transferring files. I also
noticed at least a
> dozen other similar players but the Rio400 was the
cheapest on the table.
>
> The ARRL Web site makes W1AW code practice files available
in MP3 format
> from 5wpm to 40wpm. And they are new and fresh each week.
I download a lot
> of them and then transfer them to the MP3 player. Because
there are no
> moving parts in the player, the files never skip or mess
up. It just makes
> for nice code practice while you are driving, jogging,
exercising, or riding
> a bike. Like a tape player you can skip one file and
select another, etc.
>
> In addition, the weekly ARRL Audio News is now in MP3
format as is Newsline.
> I download those each week and now make use of my "idle"
drive time
> listening to amateur radio news as well as code practice
on the little MP3
> player. This seems to be much more useful, and less
expensive than the MFJ
> code practice generator type devices.
>
> Just thought I'd pass that info along. I've included links
to places on the
> Web to download MP3 files of interest.
>
> http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/morse.html
>
> http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/
>
> http://www.tapr.org/newsline/
>
> --
> Vy 73 de Jeff, N9AVG
> FISTS #6641
>
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