[SOC] Need suggestions on a Sound Card

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Tom
The on-board audio on most motherboards will usually suffice for most psk31 
type applications however for SDR you need to do some research. The 
FlexRadio 5000 has it's own sound card built in to the radio. The older 1000 
model requires a fairly robust sound card and Flex specifies which one to 
get. Check the SDR radio's web site before getting into this. Other than 
SDR, you won't notice much difference between sound cards.
Oh...You could consider the Tigertronics Signalink USB which is basically an 
external USB sound card but has cables specific to each rig.
Steve Ellington
N4LQ at insightbb.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom McCulloch" <thom2 at att.net>
To: "Tom Mc" <thom2 at att.net>
Cc: <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 9:29 PM
Subject: [SOC] Need suggestions on a Sound Card


> Hi all,
>  I'm looking for a sound card for my PC (Windows XP, at least for now).
> I'll be using it for various ham applications, psk31, etc.  and maybe SDR
> someday, who knows.
>
> I just re-read the May 2007 QST product review on sound cards and they 
> said
> that 16 bit cards are OK but that 24 bit jobbies are probably better for
> more advanced applications.
>
> That article is over a year old now and was wondering if anyone has any
> suggestions as to which card I should consider getting (hopefully it will
> last a long time and not become too obsolete too soon).  All things
> considered I think I would like a free standing unit (i.e. not one where I
> have to crawl behind the compouter everytime I want to plug a cable into a
> jack indentified by a picture of audio waves coming out of someones mouth 
> ,
> which never make any sense to me).  But that isn't a deal breaker, if the
> card has to go into a PCI slot, so be it.
>
> I appreciate your input and look forward to hearing (no pun) everyones
> input.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tom
> WB2QDG
> SOC #665
>
>
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