Problem with VAC or Windows 11?

[corbintechboy]

I have an Airspy HF/Discovery. I want to get back into decoding things like I did years ago but I have an annoying issue. I have SDR# playing through the VAC line in, and I have listen to this device selected. The sound cuts out constantly. Nothing is over driven (all at 50 percent) and right now have a local MW station playing and constant cut outs.

Is there any solution to this?

 

[jaspence]

There are some changes from versions of Windows 10 and older i Windows 11 that make older equipment unhappy. One of my radios requires two different programming cables due to changes in the USB driver. Some older programs no longer will function as new drivers have not been developed due to their age and age of the equipment.

 

[corbintechboy]

There are some changes from versions of Windows 10 and older i Windows 11 that make older equipment unhappy. One of my radios requires two different programming cables due to changes in the USB driver. Some older programs no longer will function as new drivers have not been developed due to their age and age of the equipment.

So in other words, they made windows worse... Seems typical.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[jaspence]

Windows 7 did everything I needed for my hobbies. There was a problem with updates failing that needed a programming fix, but with continued security fixes many people would ave been satisfied. Updating to Windows 11 was free, but that doesn't begin to make up for the software issues that force me to keep 7 on another computer.

 

[KE5MC]

Any chance the squelch is set to high if turned on?

 

[corbintechboy]

I was able to fix this late last night. I kept messing with VAC and never could get it to work right. I couldn't get PC-HFDL to listen on line-in no matter what I did. I saw another virtual cable program called VB cable and problem is solved. It seems VAC don't work with windows 11.

 

[corbintechboy]

Any chance the squelch is set to high if turned on?

I checked because that did sound like a possible issue. Had squelch off.

 

[KE5MC]

VACs I have found are not the most intuitive application/background process to use. Years back I had a FLEX radio and used the VAC in the link, but it's a pay to use. Has worked well from XP to Win10 on a couple of different PCs.

Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) - connect audio applications, route and mix sounds (muzychenko.net)