Re: Radio Audio in Computer Speakers
I will say that I have used W11 and my signalink for running both a RMS and APRS for months at a time with no issues.
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VE7KHI on Hornby Island is connected somehow?to EM on the Islands just?off Power River. I know he posted on the Winlink Google Group.
73 Don Poaps
New Westminster, BC
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Thanks Don that's pretty much what I thought I'm looking forward to getting everything set up
73 Ron VA7HZ?
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Thanks Don that's pretty much what I thought I'm looking forward to getting everything set up
73 Ron VA7HZ?
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Ron VA7HZ
If you are?using your callsign and you have it licensed. OK
If you are?using another call. You can use varafm?barebones but getting a license you get opens up the audio tnc program.?
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Don Poaps
New Westminster, BC
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Hello group, I am fairly new to some parts of Vara I have a registered copy under one callsign but I am looking to set up a vhf gateway as there is very little coverage in my area. I wish to use another callsign I own for the gateway. Do I need to purchase another license or can. Not a problem either way
Ron VA7HZ
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Hello group, I am fairly new to some parts of Vara I have a registered copy under one callsign but I am looking to set up a vhf gateway as there is very little coverage in my area. I wish to use another callsign I own for the gateway. Do I need to purchase another license or can. Not a problem either way
Ron VA7HZ
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Re: When starting VARA USB Keyboard wont work, only with TENTEC Jupiter as the radio
Rory Is your keyboard connected to a powered USB hub?
If it is a laptop keyboard then your computer should be always allowing you to work with it. If using an external keyboard (USB,) then I would suggest defining it with device manager for the com port assigned by hub be looked at. Greg
On Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 10:39 AM Rory Griffin, W4RJG via <w4rjg= [email protected]> wrote: Hi all,
???? So I tracked down the cause (kinda).? Only when I start VARA HF and the modem Sound Card is connected on the OUTPUT side to the Jupiter Sound Card.? The INPUT connection does not affect the keyboard.? I verified there are only default settings for the Sound Card for INPUT and OUTPUT.? The Jupiter sound connects via a Signalink with SLMOD5PD card and SLCAB5PD cable to the 5pin DIN on the radio.? A RS232 to USB cable for CAT control.? The INPUT sounds appears on the waterfall.?
????? When the VARA HF MODEM starts, the keyboard no longer functions.? When I change the OUTPUT to any other sound card the keyboard works.? Switching it back immediately blocks the keyboard.? Notice the radio was never in transmit mode.? No RF.? Just the sound card interfering with the sound when it is connected via VARA HF.? Any ideas?
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73,
????? Rory Griffin W4RJG
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When starting VARA USB Keyboard wont work, only with TENTEC Jupiter as the radio
Hi all,
???? So I tracked down the cause (kinda).? Only when I start VARA HF and the modem Sound Card is connected on the OUTPUT side to the Jupiter Sound Card.? The INPUT connection does not affect the keyboard.? I verified there are only default settings for the Sound Card for INPUT and OUTPUT.? The Jupiter sound connects via a Signalink with SLMOD5PD card and SLCAB5PD cable to the 5pin DIN on the radio.? A RS232 to USB cable for CAT control.? The INPUT sounds appears on the waterfall.?
????? When the VARA HF MODEM starts, the keyboard no longer functions.? When I change the OUTPUT to any other sound card the keyboard works.? Switching it back immediately blocks the keyboard.? Notice the radio was never in transmit mode.? No RF.? Just the sound card interfering with the sound when it is connected via VARA HF.? Any ideas?
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73,
????? Rory Griffin W4RJG
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Re: VARA? Disconnects USB Keyboard
Hi,
???? To all who responded, thank you.? Please note however the following.? This occurs when I start up this particular VARA.? No transmission occurs.? As soon as VARA starts up, the keyboard goes away.
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???? So in further investigation and usage I have found the cause (in a way).? i am closing this message and opening another with the new information.
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73,
????? Rory Griffin W4RJG
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Re: Vara FM and Alinco DR-B185
After all the suggestions and modifications you all have helped me with I am able to get vara fm to work correctly. I'm not sure what the key was but I appreciate so much all of the input I have gotten from you guys.
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Mark was supposed to have a Team Viewer session with me this afternoon but that won't be necessary after all.
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Again, thanks so much!
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Re: Radio Audio in Computer Speakers
I've tried using Signalink USB with my gateways on a Windows 11 machine and could never get it to stop dropping the S/N ratio to pitiful values after 24 hrs or so of being plugged in, so I went with Digirigs. I don't know how many people are running their Signalinks 24 hrs a day though. Hopefully John can get his station working.
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John Denison
KD5YOU
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Re: Radio Audio in Computer Speakers
John,
Signalink has, in my opinion, one of the best set of set-up documents in the industry when it comes to an external audio soundcard interface.??
If I recall correctly, they have a special section on their website concerning Windows 11....let me look.
Here you go!??
https://tigertronics.com/sl_suprt.htm#Windows_11_Information
My advice is to carefully follow their setup instructions, again.? Don't just start in the middle somewhere.....start at the beginning.? I
've used the Signalink USB interface on 2 different HF radios (Yaesu & Icom), one old, one new, and it has worked perfectly and did not demonstrate the problem you mentioned.? And for what it is worth, the Windows OS in both cases was Windows 10 and Windows 11.? So I'll vouch for the validity of their documenation.??
I am confident you missed missed a step or perhaps selected the wrong option which is causing your sound issue.? I recall sections of the instructions where it says if you don't get a specific result at that point in the setup, stop and go back and recheck your steps.??
Give it another try, take your time, and you'll get the desired results.? Good luck and 73!?
Stu -- N7QJP
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Re: Radio Audio in Computer Speakers
You might try looking at this setting: right click on your speaker icon in the taskbar, and then click on Sound Settings. In this window scroll down to More sound settings. This should open up a window with a list of sound cards. Click on Recording, and then double click on your microphone/sound card. By default it should be USB Audio CODEC. Even though you are not using a microphone, it is still labeled this way in Windows and is the input to the Signalink from the radio. In this window click on the Listen tab. There is a box that you can enable to listen to what the microphone can hear, or in this case what the Signalink can hear from the radio. This should typically be disabled or unselected.
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John Denison
KD5YOU
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Re: Radio Audio in Computer Speakers
Ken, W7EKB, thanks. ?Looking forward to possible fix.
Vy 73 DX,
On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 13:21, Kenneth G. Gordon via groups.io <kgordon2006@...> wrote: That problem is centered around the "new" way that Win 11 handles sound devices.
I have a possible solution for you, but am presently unable to get to my computer to send that info to you.
If someone else here has not helped you, I will do so as soon as I can.
Ken W7EKB
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
-------- Original message -------- From: "John Dempsey via groups.io" <johndgex@...> Date: 2/12/25 09:34 (GMT-08:00) Subject: [VARA-MODEM] Radio Audio in Computer Speakers
I'm using a Kenwood TS-480SAT and a Signalink USB to run Winlink.? I have the paid version of VARA HF.? I am running Windows 11 on a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 laptop.? I don't use WInlink that often, so I thought I would check it out.?
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I could receive signals, but the PTT on the Signalink would not illuminate, so no RF transmit from the radio.
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Eventually I got that fixed, and I can send and receive e-mail via Winlink.?
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The issue is that audio from the radio is going to the speakers on my laptop.? I get audio on the radio AND the computer speakers, simultaneously.? This is not a show stopper, but it is something different that before.
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Here is the information from Signalink to solve the problem:? "TIP:? If the comms program is properly configured to use the SignaLink's USB Audio Codec sound card for both transmit and receive, but the transmit audio is heard in your computer speakers, then you can usually fix this by restarting the comms program.? If this doesn't work, then open the comms program's sound card setup and select a different sound card for output.? Click OK or Save (as applicable) to save the settings, then re-open the program's sound card setup again and set it back to USB Audio Codec.? This should resolve the issue." ?
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I tried the above fix, but the issue remains.
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Has anyone else encountered this issue and instituted a successful fix?
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Thanks,
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John
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Re: Radio Audio in Computer Speakers
That problem is centered around the "new" way that Win 11 handles sound devices.
I have a possible solution for you, but am presently unable to get to my computer to send that info to you.
If someone else here has not helped you, I will do so as soon as I can.
Ken W7EKB
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
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-------- Original message -------- From: "John Dempsey via groups.io" <johndgex@...> Date: 2/12/25 09:34 (GMT-08:00) Subject: [VARA-MODEM] Radio Audio in Computer Speakers
I'm using a Kenwood TS-480SAT and a Signalink USB to run Winlink.? I have the paid version of VARA HF.? I am running Windows 11 on a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 laptop.? I don't use WInlink that often, so I thought I would check it out.?
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I could receive signals, but the PTT on the Signalink would not illuminate, so no RF transmit from the radio.
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Eventually I got that fixed, and I can send and receive e-mail via Winlink.?
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The issue is that audio from the radio is going to the speakers on my laptop.? I get audio on the radio AND the computer speakers, simultaneously.? This is not a show stopper, but it is something different that before.
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Here is the information from Signalink to solve the problem:? "TIP:? If the comms program is properly configured to use the SignaLink's USB Audio Codec sound card for both transmit and receive, but the transmit audio is heard in your computer speakers, then you can usually fix this by restarting the comms program.? If this doesn't work, then open the comms program's sound card setup and select a different sound card for output.? Click OK or Save (as applicable) to save the settings, then re-open the program's sound card setup again and set it back to USB Audio Codec.? This should resolve the issue." ?
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I tried the above fix, but the issue remains.
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Has anyone else encountered this issue and instituted a successful fix?
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Thanks,
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John
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Radio Audio in Computer Speakers
I'm using a Kenwood TS-480SAT and a Signalink USB to run Winlink.? I have the paid version of VARA HF.? I am running Windows 11 on a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 laptop.? I don't use WInlink that often, so I thought I would check it out.?
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I could receive signals, but the PTT on the Signalink would not illuminate, so no RF transmit from the radio.
?
Eventually I got that fixed, and I can send and receive e-mail via Winlink.?
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The issue is that audio from the radio is going to the speakers on my laptop.? I get audio on the radio AND the computer speakers, simultaneously.? This is not a show stopper, but it is something different that before.
?
Here is the information from Signalink to solve the problem:? "TIP:? If the comms program is properly configured to use the SignaLink's USB Audio Codec sound card for both transmit and receive, but the transmit audio is heard in your computer speakers, then you can usually fix this by restarting the comms program.? If this doesn't work, then open the comms program's sound card setup and select a different sound card for output.? Click OK or Save (as applicable) to save the settings, then re-open the program's sound card setup again and set it back to USB Audio Codec.? This should resolve the issue." ?
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I tried the above fix, but the issue remains.
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Has anyone else encountered this issue and instituted a successful fix?
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Thanks,
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John
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Re: VARA? Disconnects USB Keyboard
Check your station ground and antenna system. The other thing would be some snap-on ferrite cores on any USB cables that are having trouble. It is true that cheaper USB cables have less (or no) shielding.
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Doug / N3JXB
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Re: Vara FM and Alinco DR-B185
On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 03:17 PM, Bob AF9W wrote:
The Signalink Aux jack allows you to monitor the output of the Signalink.??
When you say "output of the Signalink", if you're talking about transmit audio, that signal is available on the SignaLink back-panel "Mon" output jack.
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The SignaLink "Aux" output jack is used to route receive audio to an extarnal speaker when the receive audio signal is routed to the SignaLink through a cable from the radio's external-speaker output jack to the SignaLink "SPKR" input jack.
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Smiley's Alinco DR-185 radio requires the use of the "SPKR" audio cable because it doesn't have a "DATA" connector, and it doesn't output receive audio on the microphone connector. The only way to get the receive audio signal out of the DR-185 is through the back-panel external speaker connector, and plugging a cable into this connector disables the radio's internal speaker.
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Re: Vara FM and Alinco DR-B185
I have that connected to an external speaker....thanks for the tip...
On February 11, 2025, at 6:17 PM, "Bob AF9W via groups.io" <af9w@...> wrote: The Signalink Aux jack allows you to monitor the output of the Signalink.??
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Re: Vara FM and Alinco DR-B185
The Signalink Aux jack allows you to monitor the output of the Signalink.??
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Re: VARA? Disconnects USB Keyboard
On 2/11/2025 2:47 PM, Greg Lane via
groups.io wrote:
Have you used Jtsync or some other clock syncing
program?
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On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 7:49?AM
Rory Griffin, W4RJG via <w4rjg= [email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
???? Windows Update is not an issue here.? The COM port
works fine.? Scanning through 8 frequencies works well.?
VARA TUNE puts the radio into Tx mode.? The waterfall works
fine.? But when the VARA HF modem starts, the USB Keyboard
no longer works.? When VARA HF is closed, the keyboard
works.? But only on the Jupiter radio configuration.? I did
a complete delete and reinstall of RMS Trimode and VARA HF.
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Again, this is RFI !? Transmit RF is getting back into the shack
and cables.??? The VARA "Tune" button produces a single RF tone
like keydown CW.? When this single RF frequency is picked up by
wiring in the shack and gets into the USB port,? diode-detection?
by circuitry in the USB port produces only a single DC voltage.?
Nothing much happens.? This will be true of any mode that
generates only one tone at a time such as RTTY, MFSK, analog SSTV,
etc.
When you actually transmit with VARA, you are generating a
complex multi-tone signal with at least 11 simultaneous audio
tones which create multiple RF signals side-by-side.? When this
complex RF mix gets diode-detected by the USB port's electronics,
you get multiple audio frequencies,?? as the various RF freqs beat
against each other.?? When these AC signals are? fed into the USB
port routines, USB data flows are screwed up and locks up the port
until the RF goes away.
Again, what kind of antenna are you using, and how close to the
shack is it????
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