On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 01:08:42AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/30/07 19:28, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> >It does seem overkill to turn on a computer, tie up one's phone line, > >and perhaps pay for bandwidth > > Sssshhhhh, geeks like technological overkill!!!! Actually, I'm a geek and get a perverse thrill out of technological underkill. For example, calculating e on a 486. Since Etch, the 486 has had to switch to BSD; I just haven't decided which one. > > > when one can turn on the shortwave and > >listen to stations from all over the world. It was especially > >satisfying two years ago to hook my shortwave up to my 486 and pull in > >weather faxes for the north atlantic while miles away from a phone line. > > What's the best way to make such a connection? > I connected the headphone jack of my shortwave to the line in on the soundcard, tune the radio to halifax, and use hamfax to grab the fax. It took a little tweaking of the radio but it came in nice and clear. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
