I just looked up the Signalink USB, and what I'm reading tells me that it's simply a high-priced soundcard. Really? I do the same thing with multiple $10 soundcards. I use one soundcard per radio, and I have two IC-7000s controlled by one laptop. In theory, the upper limit on the number of radios one computer can control is around 250 because of the USB interface. What most people don't get is that all digital modes are just various ways of encoding information as what a radio would decode as sound. That's what the soundcards are for, to convert the information to and from sound. Great, but that doesn't require expensive soundcards.
-----Original Message----- From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon Noxon via BVARC Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 04:57 To: Randy Pugh; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Subject: Re: [BVARC] New signal-link USB for sale Don't be hasty there Randy. In fact, HRD and Signalink USB do not know much of anything about each other. You have it working with DM780, so all is well. For any other digital sound card programs you may be trying to use, you will have to select the Signalink as the sound card, except to select it, you use "USB Audio CODEC" which is what the Windows operating system knows it as. Rig control is MOSTLY handled by HDR (or another rig control program), the exception being that you CAN but DON;T HAVE TO use the Signalink to trigger your PPT input, but that option is in the specific digital mode program, not the HDR base program. So here are the things to look out for: 1) What digital sound card mode are you using? 2) What rig control method are you using? 3) Is the correct sound card (e.g., "USB Audio CODEC") are you using selected in the digital application? 4) What method are you using to start transmit (PPT or VOX or Rig Control) You will have problems if there is a conflict here. 5) Remember that the Signalink installs as a "USB Audio CODEC" and that is what you select to set up most programs. I've only tried four or five different programs with my SLUSB and all were successful. I did have issues related to item 4) early on, but discovered and corrected them to avoid triggering conflicts. In summary, I used DM780 for PSK and RTTY without problems and once made a contact in OLIVIA; I use WSJT-X for JT69 and JT9; its configuration lets me use HDR for rig control and choose a method for triggering the transmission (VOX or Rig Control). If you can get to the iHOP Saturday for the breakfast session, we can work through it. Bring a notebook and a pen. Never say die de KF5TFJ/Jon > On Jan 23, 2015, at 11:15 PM, Randy Pugh via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello,I give up after several attempts HRD will not work other than DM 780.I have tried and spent money,lots of time on the phone both with HRD and Tigerlinks with no success connecting my radio to the windows 8.1 computer.I am offering the signalink for sale at a reduced price.The buyer will most likely have to buy a connecting cable specific to their radio.Jumpers are included for internal setup and instructions are on the Tigerlinks web site.73s de AA5OA.My contact information is on the BVARC web page. > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
