Hi Doug!

I don't use VOX in the recorder. I make sure the recorder's clock is accurate, and know the start time of the recording. Then I record the entire pass. With passes at 10 to 20 minutes each, and not using the highest quality recording setting on my recorder, I don't worry about running out of memory on the recorder. This lets me be reasonably accurate in the time I use for each QSO.

Some may just log QSOs using the start or end time of the pass. I would rather have the correct time for each QSO in my log, so I don't use this approach.

And I still have a lot of MP3s over the past 10 years at home, from many different satellites. Storage is cheap, so I have held onto them.

73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015, Douglas Tabor, N6UA President@evarc.org wrote:

Actually, I really like Patricks' "No patch cord" record strategy ... like a VOX on a recorder. If you didn't "talk to them" then you didn't talk with them. Makes perfect sense ... unless you WANT to hear about "the one that got away".