SSB Setup Instructions Complete With PC Sound Settings and N1MM+

This is a short primer on setting up your PC sound settings, BeLoud Radio and N1MM to get you started in operating SSB.

If you don’t want to use N1MM to do this and simply want to use an iPad, you can simply depress TX/RX on your iPad, putting it into transmit and use the built in microphone.  However, these screenshots and instructions are specifically geared for setting up your home PC to run SSB with N1MM as your logging program.

Find the sound or speaker icon in the bottom right hand side of your screen and right click it and then left click on Open Sound Settings.

Once open, use the pull-down under Sound Output and choose your output device.  In this case, we’re using the Logitech USB Headset and is set accordingly.

Next, go to the Sound Input on the same screen and select Microphone (Logi USB Headset).  This assumes that you have already downloaded and installed VB Audio Cables A and B, then close this screen.

Go back to the speaker icon in the bottom right hand side of your screen and right click it and left click on Sounds.   Left click Playback tab.

Right click Speakers and left click Properties and in my case, Speakers (Logi USB Headset) is selected.  Select Default Device and Default Communications Device, then click OK.  Default Device should then show up in Speakers with a green check mark.

Left click on the Recording Tab and then left click on Microphone to highlight it.  Right click on Microphone and then left click on Properties.  The Microphone Properties will be displayed and left click on the Listen tab.  Place a checkmark in “Listen to this device”.  In the “Playback through this device” pulldown, select Cable-B Input  VB-Audio Cable B).  Click on Apply and OK.

In the Recording Tab under Sound, highlight Cable-A Output, right click then select Properties.  Left click Properties then click on the Listen tab.  Under Listen, there isn’t a NONE setting so I set the Playback through this device to Default Playback Device or Cable-B Input .  Do NOT put a check mark in Listen to this device.
Click Apply and OK.

Next, highlight Cable - B Output (VB-Audio Cable B) in the pull-down, right click and select Properties.  Left click the Listen tab and in the “Playback through this device” pulldown, select Speakers (Logitech USB Headset) and place a checkmark in “Listen to this device”.  Click Apply and OK.

That completes the Sound setup in the PC.

Now open up your N1MM+ logging program and left click on Config.  Click on Logger+ Audio Setup.  

In the Audio Setup & Monitor Tab, left click on Playback Tab and under the pull-down window under Radio 1, select Speakers (Logi USB Headset), then close this window.

In the Audio Setup & Monitor Tab, left click on Message Recording Tab and under the pull-down window under Radio 1, select Cable-B Output (VB-Audio Cable), then close this window.

In N1MM+, open Configurer and set Port to Com 60 and Radio to Kenwood.  Under Details, click Set and setup as depicted in the example below.

Set your Mode Control settings like the example below and restart N1MM+.  Remember, your focus has to be in N1MM+ before the .wav files will transmit and of course you have to select the correct path in your PC to play them.  That simply means clicking in the N1MM+ entry box with your mouse to establish focus, then you can hit your selected F Key.  You should also be able to use your footswitch for SSB now if you have the footswitch interface that our developer builds or you can build your own https://remotetx.net/ptt-usb-adapter-directions/  

Compression should be turned ON and the radio should be set between 3 and 5.  Power out and the ALC are both affected by the TX Audio Level setting.  Full power (100 Watts) can be achieved by setting TX Level with the slider to about 50% and you will not exceed the ALC, based on the vertical limiting line in the ALC window on the radio.

That’s it.  You’re ready to make SSB Qs on the BeLoud network.  Enjoy!

73’ from the BeLoud Team!