[WriteLog] Re: [CQ-Contest] Re: [RTTY] Data conversion Need an extrta port?

Thu Feb 5 23:13:02 EST 2004

Note the the RigExpert also provides a substitute for the sound card,
and level conversions for all the possibilities of control signals
that I know of, including lines for CW keying, PTT, FSK, and rig
control, and uses a minimum of cables.
You can certainly get a USB "sound card" that Windows recognizes as
such, and use a Belkin, with appropriate level conversion, if
necessary for control. And it would work with MMTTY and MMSSTV, as well
as with MixW, and cost less, probably.
But I'm not sorry I have gotten the RigExpert.
73, doug
 Date: 2004年2月05日 06:06:27 -0500
 From: Bob Patten <n4bp at bellsouth.net>
 Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
 >This is the IC that the RigExpert uses to provide a complete digital
 >mode interface on a USB port. It only works with MixW and DigiPan
 >currently, but we can hope for MMTTY support.
 > 
 >
 The Belkin F5U103 USB/Serial adaptor will provide a true serial port 
 with proper address and IRQ. I've been using
 two of them on a notebook with USB ports only, for both rig control (K2 
 & IC-706) and FSK (with MMTTY).
 They run about 60ドル and can be found at Best Buy and/or CompUSA.
 Check out AA5AU's RTTY website for more info about USB/Serial adaptors.
 -- 
 73, Bob Patten, N4BP Plantation, FL
 E-Mail: n4bp at arrl.net Website: http://www.qsl.net/n4bp
 QRP ARCI #3412 SOC #1 ARS #799 Whiners #6 FISTS #7871
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