On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:15:29 +0000, helmsman wrote:

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:37:48 -0600, Jim
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:25:55 +0000, helmsman wrote:

Anyone else using one of these and had "sound problems"?
Thanks for your time

Yeah .... I just recently bought a "Rascal GLX Mark V" and have not gotten
it to transmit as of yet. It seems to "hear" pretty well with my sound
card, which is an older Sound Blaster PCI 128. I've tried setting it up in
both Linux and Win XP .... same results in both OS's. My tranceiver is a
Yaesu FT-840. May just be that I'm missing the boat somewhere in the
setup, for in all fairness, while monitering PSK31 channels I've seen
several hams that ARE using the Rascal. If you get yours to work please
let me know what yod did to set things up right. By the way....I
understand that BUCK really g

What kind of computer are you using? And have you ever gotten the
"RED" light to come on?

I'm using a HP Pavilion 500 MHZ with the Sound Blaster PCI 128 sound card.
I also use both Mepis Linux and Win XP. Everything looks fine in both
OS's with the exception that on transmit, using WinPSK, and connected to a
dummy load .... monitoring the transmit level leads me to believe that I
am overdriving the output of the card. The color of the output signal is
red instead of green and looks as if it is being severely clipped. I have,
as yet, not found a setting, or combination of settings, that will give me
a clean looking signal that I'll not be afraid to put on the air. The red
LED on the Rascal blinks in step with the transmitted signal and the com1
PTT is activating my tranceiver as it should. Any suggestions on adjusting
the transmit audio? I have also tried the manual PTT .... I'm using a
Yaesu FT-840.
Jim