Getting ready for the CW WPX. Use CT for logging. Any comments about good
software to record the contest using SB board (for my personal log checking)?
Could use a different computer with Windows.
Thanks,
N0UU
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>From Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x@kr6x.com Fri Apr 23 17:05:40 1999
From: Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x@kr6x.com (Leigh S. Jones)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] N0UU software to record the contest using SB board
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For a 30 hour contest you would need ~10 Gbytes of storage if you used =
16 bit audio with CD quality settings. This suggests using lower =
quality audio settings (8-bits and low rep rate) and compression such as =
u-law. This type of file cannot be reduced in size by pkzip.exe, ntfs, =
etc., due to the randomness of the data. If your sound card didn't come =
with software that will continuously stream data to disk for an hour or =
so, then automatically start a new file name, you will have to write =
your own program to do it, because there is not much of a market for =
this type of software. Or you can babysit the computer all weekend. =
You probably won't want to create the whole thing in one file -- it =
could exceed the maximum file size that you are capable of handling. It =
would be more efficient in terms of file storage space to record your =
own sending as text and start a new audio file each time that you stop =
transmitting. A video tape recorder or DAT has been the method of =
choice for the informed contesters. It can always be post-processed =
into your computer at your leisure.
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