All, I am in the process of setting up my station to receive telemetry from AO-85 and then AO-73. I have come across a number of references to a “Virtual Audio Cable” being used to connect the RTL-SDR dongle to the telemetry software. A Google search returns a number of hits for such a cable. Some free, some not. Does anyone have any experience using any of these products in the application I want to? If so, is there one you would recommend? Stay away from? Hints, pitfalls? Any insight would be appreciated. I just hate downloading product after product for evaluation without any prior knowledge. Reminds me of the old BBS systems and shareware! Thx -Steve
I use the VB Audio Virtual Audio Cable. It has worked for me for a couple of years now. That kind of stuff is not intuitive for me, so I had to dig into the tutorials and instruction manuals to set it up, but it works just fine once you've finished. I have not had to make any changes to it since I did the set up.
So, I don't have much experience with other VAC software, but VB Audio works for me. And, if I can set it up, really anybody can.
Steve AI9IN
On 2017-07-21 04:14, Steve Appleton wrote:
All, I am in the process of setting up my station to receive telemetry from AO-85 and then AO-73. I have come across a number of references to a "Virtual Audio Cable" being used to connect the RTL-SDR dongle to the telemetry software. A Google search returns a number of hits for such a cable. Some free, some not. Does anyone have any experience using any of these products in the application I want to? If so, is there one you would recommend? Stay away from? Hints, pitfalls? Any insight would be appreciated. I just hate downloading product after product for evaluation without any prior knowledge. Reminds me of the old BBS systems and shareware! Thx -Steve _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
For your purpose, VB Audio would be the way to go. It is free and simple to set up. I have used it for test purposes on a range of computers, Windows versions, and client software with excellent results.
That having been said, I use Muzychenko's VAC normally, mostly for historical reasons having to do with Flex rigs. It has much more room for customization, but a corresponding opportunity to shoot yourself in the foot. The price is very reasonable for what you get, but not free.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
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