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- Subject: Mobile DX Recording Question
- From: Marc DeLorenzo <midcapemarc@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 16:29:19 -0400
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OK, thanks very much, Russ.
Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
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From: Russ Johnson <radiok3pi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Marc DeLorenzo <midcapemarc@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Sep 2, 2016 4:16 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Mobile DX Recording Question
Yes. I bought some recently from MCM I think. Very inexpensive. I bet attenuation patch cords are available from non Radio Shack sources. I will see what I can find tonight or Saturday for you.
On Friday, September 2, 2016, Marc DeLorenzo <midcapemarc@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for the quick response Russ. Is there such a product that is commercially available? Or, do you mean building one myself? The second option is a no-go due to my lack of technical ability.
Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
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From: Russ Johnson <radiok3pi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Marc DeLorenzo <midcapemarc@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Sep 2, 2016 3:36 pm
Subject: Re: Mobile DX Recording Question
What about trying an in line volume control
> On Sep 2, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Marc DeLorenzo <midcapemarc@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Mark Connelly has built for me an amplified whip antenna with magnetic base that I can mount on the roof of my car for oceanfront DXpeditions. We tested it in an RFI quiet zone - the local cemetery! - and it works fine with my JRC NRD-525 receiver.
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> The problem is recording DX using Total Recorder on my laptop. The laptop does not have an audio "line in" jack so I have been trying to use the microphone jack. It records but the audio playback is quite distorted. On the laptop I get the following message from Total Recorder:
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> "The level of the source signal is too high. Possibly the characteristics of the sound source do not match those of the soundboard input (e.g. instead of soundboard's line-in connector, the microphone-in connector is used.) Recording is possible, but the quality of the recorded sound may be low."
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> Right. I noticed that. The question is what is the solution to the problem. 20 years ago I had an "attenuating cable" from Radio Shack that might solve the problem. But, like a dummy, I through it away thinking that, "I'll never have any use for that." I doubt that RS still carries this product.
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> So, is there a Total Recorder setting that might work? Or, should I scrap Total Recorder and buy a portable digital recorder? If so, which one? A digital recorder (with a line-in jack of course) would be better in that it is smaller and would take up less space in the car.
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> Any help appreciated.
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> Marc DeLorenzo
> South Dennis, MA
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