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YOUR SOUND CARD WITH THE INPUT, LAUNCH YOUR PREFERRED DIGITAL MODE SOFTWARE
AND CALL YOUR FRIEND VIA YOUR USUAL VOIP PROVIDER.  TRY PSK.  YOU WILL HEAR
THE SIGNAL AND SEE IT ON THE WATERFALL DISPLAY, BUT THE ERROR RATE WILL BE
NEARLY 100.  PERHAPS SOME CODER/DECODERS CODECS CAN DO A BETTER JOB.  IF
SO, I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IF SOMEONE WOULD IDENTIFY ONE THAT RESULTS
IN ONLY A 2 OR 3 ERROR RATE.  SWITCH TO PLAN B IF THE AUDIO SIGNALS CANT BE
SENT TO THE REMOTE LOCATION, LETS LET THE INTERNET DO WHAT IT DOES BEST AND
SHIP THE DIGITAL SIGNALS.  THEN WE MUST DO THE AUDIO PROCESSING AT THE
REMOTE SITE.  AS A MATTER OF FACT, TRANSPORTING KEYSTROKES OR PIXELS ON THE
INTERNET IS MUCH LESS CHALLENGING THAN RESPECTING THE INTEGRITY OF A
COMPLEX AND DELICATE AUDIO SIGNAL.  MAKING IT HAPPEN MANAGING THE DIGITAL
MODES SOFTWARE FROM A REMOTE LOCATION CAN BE DONE WITH A FUNCTION THAT
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CO EM COM GROUP K3ZX 404 2 6 1,558 SC K6UCI ARC K6UCI 283 2 8 1,494 ORG
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