[PRCo] Re: sound

[Jim Holland]

Here is some information from another list    ----    the  URL  below 
lists a number of installations for a sound card that can be operated in 
a variety of ways from wayside with Analog to full  DCC  operation from 
the throttle:::

http://www.ittsound.com/hqapplication.htm

Check the wiring instructions for DCC configuration at this site. The 
card (amplifier, etc.) is powered from the track. The decoder only 
"rings" the bell.

I have so far purchased one card from these people. I chose the "trolley 
bell" sound.       You can sample all of the sounds offered at the web 
site.. It is very good sounding and for a speaker I glued a Hallmark 
greeting card speaker underneath a Corgi PCC. Speakers sold at the 
website are much too big.

Yes, my lighting is on at all times. I like it that way.       
Automotive dome lamp bulbs (tubular) work nicely up inside the Corgi 
roofs.       They can also light front roll signs if you buy the shorter 
lengths (must mount crosswise).       I am switching from white LED 
headlights to 12 v grain of wheat with a resistor for headlights.       
Red LEDs with resistors for tail lights need not be polarized. The DCC 
track voltage behaves as AC to an LED.

I did get one surprise.       The pseudo AC DCC track voltage would not 
throw an Atlas switch machine.       I had to use a less convenient AC 
source.       I was going to use a regular decoder for the switches 
until this issue foiled me.

Robert Rockwell
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Hi Bob!


So you direct feed to lighting which is then always on.

Please detail your soundcards.

Do you control any other functions with the decoder?



Jim___Holland


Dennis F. Cramer wrote:

> For the modelers in the group: Does anyone make a decent sound card 
> that would fit in HO trolleys and are there separate ones for hand 
> controlled vs. PCCs? I am planning on going to the railroad show in 
> West Springfield, MA at the end of the month but will be unable to 
> attend East Penn as I have performances in NY that weekend. Is there 
> interest in organizing a West Penn meet during the opposite years at 
> PTM? I have mentioned it several times there and it always seems to go 
> away pretty quickly. And yes, I have offered to organize it. Dennis 
> Fred Cramer Trombone