Hi;
I know this may sound crazy, but have you ever been somewhere (work maybe, having a meal with your family, where scanners are "banned") where you cannot use your scanner but want to catch some activity on your favorite RR?
Well, I have just the answer. A digital voice recorder that has "VCVA" (voice activation), and an external mic input.
I just bought one (not for this purpose), and connected its external mic input to my radio's headphone output. First, I set the volume level on the radio (mine has to be turned way down) so that the level going into the VR isn't too high, then I set up the VCVA so that when the radio is not producing an output, the recorder is in standby mode.
When the squelch is broken, and the radio is producing audio output, the VCVA starts the recording (continues from the point it left off). So the result is a gap-free recording of whatever the radio was picking up.
Maybe it's too late to get the photos you wanted, but sometimes you might want to know whether a specific train passed while you were away from your radio.
My VR has USB interface, so I can upload any file to my PC, and save it, edit it; whatever I want to do. I can keep only what I want, and discard the rest using a sound editor program.
I had done unattended recording onto my laptop computer, but without VCVA, I would have to look at the sound file in my editor, and pick out the areas where there was activity. The VR is much quicker, and doesn't keep your laptop computer tied up (since you probably need it where you are, not leave it sitting home connected to the radio).
I know this may sound crazy, but have you ever been somewhere (work maybe, having a meal with your family, where scanners are "banned") where you cannot use your scanner but want to catch some activity on your favorite RR?
Well, I have just the answer. A digital voice recorder that has "VCVA" (voice activation), and an external mic input.
I just bought one (not for this purpose), and connected its external mic input to my radio's headphone output. First, I set the volume level on the radio (mine has to be turned way down) so that the level going into the VR isn't too high, then I set up the VCVA so that when the radio is not producing an output, the recorder is in standby mode.
When the squelch is broken, and the radio is producing audio output, the VCVA starts the recording (continues from the point it left off). So the result is a gap-free recording of whatever the radio was picking up.
Maybe it's too late to get the photos you wanted, but sometimes you might want to know whether a specific train passed while you were away from your radio.
My VR has USB interface, so I can upload any file to my PC, and save it, edit it; whatever I want to do. I can keep only what I want, and discard the rest using a sound editor program.
I had done unattended recording onto my laptop computer, but without VCVA, I would have to look at the sound file in my editor, and pick out the areas where there was activity. The VR is much quicker, and doesn't keep your laptop computer tied up (since you probably need it where you are, not leave it sitting home connected to the radio).