Steve,
This is another very good reason to have CW sidetone
available...
K2QMF
On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 08:38:32 +0100 "Ian White, G3SEK"
<G3SEK@ifwtech.co.uk> writes:
> Steve Baron - KB3MM wrote:
> >Turning on a radio does not seem like a difficult task. <gr>
> >
> >If you want to know if the right stuff gets sent to the radio and
> will be
> >sent on the air, listen to the radio.
> >
>
> That's not very helpful for the guy who is pre-configuring a bunch
> of
> networked PCs on a table, ahead of the contest.
>
>
> >Listening to the [PC] speaker does [not] prove very much relative
> to
> the
> >radio....another potential gotcha.
> >
>
> Yes, but that's a separate problem. If there is trouble, the very
> first
> test is to check what the PC is sending to the radio (or should be,
> if
> we could do it). That's why PC sidetone is a very important tool for
>
> pre-configuration and troubleshooting.
>
>
> --
> 73 from Ian G3SEK
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