Hi there.
This is my first post on these forums. My current level of electronics wizkid... I managed to get the LED to burn without it popping In other words, I'm virtually clueless.
I've read through the rules and stuff and consequently did a search for my problem. I came accross something that seems to be in the right direction - Impedance Matching - but the discussion was not exactly matching my question, so here goes:
I have an airband scanner and would like to make recordings of the conversations between ATC and the pilots. From what I can gather, there are only two usable outputs on the radio - One is for a 4ohm speaker and the other is for a 500ohm headphone. The speaker has to stay, so I was considering using the headphone output to plug into a portable casette recorder.
The radio is on loan from a relative, so I do not want to make any permanent changes to it, much less cause any damage.
Can I just go ahead and plug the radio's headphones-out into the recorder's mic/line-in or should I be looking at some resistance between the two devices?
At a later stage, I would also like to do the recording straight to PC and the same question applies.
As I said, I'm a total newby to electronics, so for now, I'll put up with the laughter
This is my first post on these forums. My current level of electronics wizkid... I managed to get the LED to burn without it popping In other words, I'm virtually clueless.
I've read through the rules and stuff and consequently did a search for my problem. I came accross something that seems to be in the right direction - Impedance Matching - but the discussion was not exactly matching my question, so here goes:
I have an airband scanner and would like to make recordings of the conversations between ATC and the pilots. From what I can gather, there are only two usable outputs on the radio - One is for a 4ohm speaker and the other is for a 500ohm headphone. The speaker has to stay, so I was considering using the headphone output to plug into a portable casette recorder.
The radio is on loan from a relative, so I do not want to make any permanent changes to it, much less cause any damage.
Can I just go ahead and plug the radio's headphones-out into the recorder's mic/line-in or should I be looking at some resistance between the two devices?
At a later stage, I would also like to do the recording straight to PC and the same question applies.
As I said, I'm a total newby to electronics, so for now, I'll put up with the laughter