[SOC] Need suggestions on a Sound Card

[Tom McCulloch]

Thanks Steve --  I appreciate your feedback.  I didn't realize that the 
built-in sound on the MB's was sufficient enough for our purposes...I guess 
if it's "free" (well, already paid for) that's the way to go...once I figure 
out if I really want to try a  SDR then I can buy a soundcard for that rig 
and the manufacturer will probably recommend the specs as you related.

Thanks again
Tom    wb2qdg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "n4lq" <n4lq at insightbb.com>
To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Need suggestions on a Sound Card


> 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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