What is Contest Voice Blaster?
The Contest Voice Blaster is a software program that when used with a Sound Blaster card from Creative Labs, Inc. (or compatible sound card) turns your computer into a Voice Memory Keyer. When properly interfaced with your radio, you can use it to record and playback commonly repeated messages, such as “CQ contest from K8CC” or “QRZ is this frequency in use?”. What makes Contest Voice Blaster so unique is that it runs as a TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) program under MS-DOS. Once it’s loaded, you are free to run application software on your computer, such as logging software, word processors, whatever you like. It is accessed via HOT KEYS. If your computer has XMS memory available, it will use it to store its messages, using only 30K of conventional memory for itself! Included with Contest Voice Blaster is a printed manual, describing how to take advantage of the many features of CVB. Also included in the manual is a schematic for an interface to connect the audio output of your sou
